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MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. — A Mohave County man is accused of using a go-kart to intentionally cause a collision that killed his former partner last Friday, officials said.
John Stettler, 40, of Meadview has been taken into custody for allegedly causing a crash near Driftwood and Boathouse drives that killed 32-year-old Sally Minard.
The victim was operating a quad when she was hit by a go-kart-type vehicle operated by Stettler. She had previously been in a relationship with Stettler, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.
Evidence at the scene suggests the crash was not accidental and appeared to have been a criminal act, MCSO said.
Stettler is a facing charge of second-degree murder and was booked into the Mohave County jail. The investigation is ongoing.
Up to Speed
What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?:
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
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$1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot is among a surge in huge payouts
DES MOINES, Iowa - Another day, another billion dollar lottery jackpot.
At least, that's how it seems ahead of Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing for an estimated $1.05 billion top prize.
It's a huge sum of money, but such giant jackpots have become far more common, with five prizes topping $1 billion since 2021 — and one jackpot reaching $2.04 billion in 2022.
The massive prizes are due in part to chance, but it's not all happenstance. Rising interest rates coupled with changes to the odds of winning are also big reasons the prizes grow so large.
HOW DO INTEREST RATES INCREASE JACKPOTS?
Nearly all jackpot winners opt for a lump sum payout, which for Tuesday night's drawing would be an estimated $527.9 million. The lump sum is the cash that a winner has actually won. The highlighted $1.05 billion prize is for a sole winner who is paid through an annuity, which is funded by that lump sum and will be doled out annually over 30 years.
Mega Millions lottery tickets sit inside a convenience store in Lower Manhattan, October 23, 2018 in New York City. (Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
That's where the higher interest rate becomes a factor, because the higher the interest rate, the larger the annuity can grow over three decades. The U.S. is in the midst of a remarkable run of interest rate increases, with the Federal Reserve raising a key rate 11 times in 17 months, and that higher rate enables a roughly $500 million lump sum prize to be advertised as a jackpot of about twice that size.
HOW DOES THE ANNUITY WORK?
A winner who chooses the annuity option would receive an initial payment and then 29 annual payments that rise by 5% each year. Opting for an annuity has some tax advantages, as less of the winnings would be taxed at the top federal income tax rate of 37%. It also could be an option for winners who don't trust themselves to manage so much money all at once.
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If lottery winners die before 30 years, the future payments would go to their beneficiaries.
WHY DO WINNERS SNUB THE ANNUITY OPTION?
The annuities pay out big money, but not nearly as big as taking the lump sum.
For example, a sole winner of Tuesday night's Mega Millions could choose a lump sum of an estimated $527.9 million or an initial annuity payment of about $15.8 million. Of course, those annuity payments would continue for decades and gradually increase until the final check paid about $65.1 million, according to lottery officials.
In both cases, the winnings would be subject to federal taxes, and many states also tax lottery winnings.
Given all that, nearly all jackpot winners think they could make more money by investing the money themselves, or they simply want the biggest initial payout possible.
WHAT ABOUT THE ODDS OF WINNING?
That's another factor that has created so many huge prizes for those who match all six numbers.
In 2015, the Powerball odds were changed from 1 in 175.2 million to 1 in 292.2 million. Mega Millions took a similar action in 2019 by lengthening the game's odds from 1 in 258.9 million to 1 in 302.6 million.
For lottery officials, the hope was that by making it harder to win jackpots, the prizes would roll over for weeks and create truly massive pots of money that would in turn generate higher sales.
The result is that all of the billion dollar jackpots have come after the changes in the odds.
HOW LONG UNTIL THERE IS A WINNER?
Luck remains a big factor, as the odds of any ticket being a winner never changes. However, the more people who play Mega Millions, the more of the potential 302.6 million number combinations are covered.
For the last Mega Millions drawing on Friday night, 20.1% of possible number combinations were purchased. Typically, the larger the jackpot grows, the more people buy tickets and the more potential combinations are covered.
Tuesday night's drawing will be the 30th since the last jackpot winner. That is inching closer to the longest Mega Millions jackpot drought, which reached 37 drawings from Sept. 18, 2020, to Jan. 22, 2021.
The longest jackpot run was for a Powerball prize that stretched over 41 drawings and ended with a record $2.04 billion prize on Nov. 7, 2022.
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The top federal tax bracket has been corrected to 37%.
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EUNICE, La. (KLFY) — Police have made an arrest in the Eunice daycare abuse case News 10 reported last week, authorities said.
Eunice Police arrested Alyssa Eve Dupre, 23, of Oakdale, on a felony warrant for six counts of Cruelty to Juveniles. Dupre is a former employee of the Pumpkin Patch Daycare of Eunice.
Dupre was released from the St. Landry Parish jail on $18,000 bond.
The Louisiana Department of Education is also investigating the center, Ted Beasley, executive director of public affairs for the LDOE confirmed to News 10.
“We were made aware of the video on Friday and will conduct an investigation as soon as the center reopens,” Beasley said. “They are temporarily closed until Aug. 4 due to staffing shortages.”
The investigation is continuing and more arrests are expected. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Body in a barrel washes ashore Malibu beach
MALIBU, Calif. - An investigation is underway after a body was discovered in a barrel in Malibu Monday.
According to authorities, the 55-gallon drum was discovered in the lagoon around 10:30 a.m.
Lifeguards had spotted the barrel in the ocean and had tried to bring it ashore, but it was too heavy, officials said. Fire crews responded to the scene and helped to bring the barrel to land.
Information was not immediately available on the gender or identity of the person whose body was found, or on the cause of death.
Homicide investigators are on scene.
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Fisher-Price unveils first-ever sensory line of toys for preschoolers
EAST AURORA, NY - Fisher-Price has launched a line of its first-every sensory toys for children ages 3 and up.
The toy company said the idea is to cate to preschool children to create "a more inclusive play experience for neurodivergent and neurotypical kids, by allowing them to create their own unique play. "
The new list of toys include:
- Fisher-Price® Sensory Bright™ Light Station™
- Fisher-Price® Sensory Bright™ SpinnyScopes™
- Fisher-Price® Sensory Bright™ Squish Scape™
- Fisher-Price® Sensory Bright™ Squeeze ‘n Sniffs™
The toys will be exclusively at Target.
Squish Scape (Credit: Fisher-Price)
"Sensory play is an important tool for childhood development, and we know that every child can benefit from activities that stimulate the brain through things like light, touch, and sound," Dr. Krystal Starke, Childhood Development Expert, Fisher-Price Play Lab, said in a news release. "Toy play is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor, which is why we are so excited about the new Sensory Bright line that allows young children of varying abilities and sensibilities to customize their own sensory experience to their specific needs and wants every time they play."
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More details from Fisher Price:
- Fisher-Price® Sensory Bright™ Light Station™, ($49.99): Unleash your child’s creativity with this interactive sensory table, featuring lights, sounds, and music that kids can control to create their own personalized sensory play. Featuring six interactive play modes—Spark, DJ Dance Party, Tracking, Splash, Wipeout, and Snake, along with a variety of textured buttons, dials, and switches—children can press, twist, and turn to design colorful visual, auditory, and tactile experiences.
- Fisher-Price® Sensory Bright™ SpinnyScopes™, ($6.99): Preschool kids can embark on an exciting sensory journey with this set of three different spinning toys that reveal a unique pattern as kids twist and turn the top, plus have satisfying clicking or whirring sounds. These light-refracting spinners also work with the light station to unlock more visual play.
- Fisher-Price® Sensory Bright™ Squish Scape™, ($11.99): Set the scene for under-the-sea sensory discoveries with this mess-free, squish scape tablet. Children can embark on a squishy scavenger hunt as they press and smush the fish through the goo maze, revealing hidden images in the ocean along the way for a fun, tactile experience!
- Fisher-Price® Sensory Bright™ Squeeze ‘n Sniffs™, (Available Soon | $10.99/2 pk): Preschoolers can squish, smush, smell, and make all kinds of exciting sensory discoveries with these four, new squeeze ‘n sniff toys, available in-store only. Each pack contains two squishy animal pals, featuring scented goo and fun hidden surprises underneath for kids to explore.
This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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15 more wild text messages in Tennessee NCAA scandal: Jeremy Pruitt 'doesn't want the (crappy) players'
Fired coach Jeremy Pruitt’s Tennessee football staff cracked jokes about him and his assistants in text messages during their recruiting scheme.
Recruits asked staffers to get them fake IDs to get into bars and fill out their university admission forms. A player's mom asked for tuxedo measurements.
And a staffer said Pruitt didn’t want “shitty” recruits at Neyland Stadium for a Vols game.
Knox News reviewed approximately 6,000 text messages from Pruitt’s staff obtained through an open records request. They were used in the NCAA investigation that led to Pruitt and eight staff members receiving multiyear show-cause penalties and UT getting five years probation.
Knox News previously revealed 12 text messages that played a part in the NCAA infractions case. This installment features text messages that reveal what went on behind the scenes of Pruitt’s program.
Some are funny. Others are cringey. Here are some of the most eye-opening text messages.
‘Pruitt and the mask’
During the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, coaches weren't always the model for how to wear a mask on the sideline. Perhaps none did it in a stranger fashion than Pruitt, and it amused his staff.
“Send me the pic you seen earlier of Pruitt and the mask,” assistant recruiting director Chantryce Boone said to recruiting director Bethany Gunn in a text message in October 2020.
In UT games against Missouri and Georgia, Pruitt wore an orange-and-white checkerboard neck gaiter over his head and neck, but it did not always cover his mouth and nose.
The SEC fined UT $100,000 because Pruitt did not comply with the conference’s COVID mask policy. And Pruitt admitted, “I wore my mask wrong.”
Photos of Pruitt wearing his makeshift hood-mask combo flooded social media. Behind the scenes, his staffers were chuckling about the image.
Gunn sent Boone a photo of Pruitt during warmups of the Missouri game. But she lamented, “I lost the meme.”
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Where can we get fake IDs?
In October 2020, a recruit asked Gunn and Boone for three fake IDs for him and his companions to get into bars during his impermissible recruiting trip to Knoxville. At first, Gunn and Boone didn’t help.
“Oh lord,” Boone said. “There is no way.”
Then they started to look for solutions. Boone suggested they think of some UT players that looked like the recruits, so they could borrow their IDs.
“We need to know what (the recruit and his companions) look like so we can get close to figuring out who we should get them from,” Gunn said.
‘Niedermeyer is fired’
On Aug. 15, 2020, Pruitt’s staff and his wife, Casey Pruitt, arranged for a recruit’s mother and other family members to visit Knoxville and get perks against NCAA rules. They got free restaurant meals, drinks, nail salontreatments and a meeting with a local real estate agent to look for a Knoxville rental home.
It was a full itinerary, and the real estate agent cleared space in her schedule to accommodate the recruit’s family.
It was the job of assistant coach Brian Niedermeyer to keep everything on schedule. But the family was hours late arriving and the real estate meeting was pushed back numerous times.
“This is too much,” Boone said to Gunn. “Niedermeyer is fired.”
Of course, she meant that Niedermeyer should be fired because he couldn't keep the illicit recruiting trip on schedule. Five months later, Niedermeyer was fired for those actions because they broke NCAA rules.
Apply to college for me
In October 2020, there was a headshaking text exchange between Boone and a recruit who either didn’t know how to apply to UT or didn’t want to learn. So he made excuses and asked Boone to do it for him.
Boone told the recruit that “your test scores are great! If you could apply today!”
Then she reminded him again to submit his application.
The recruit replied, “Can you do it for me my phone tripping.”
Boone didn’t fall for his excuse. Most college applications involve a transcript, test scores, recommendations, fees and more. And they can't be completed in minutes on a smart phone.
“THERE IS NO WAY TO APPLY TO COLLEGE ON YOUR PHONE!!!,” Boone told the recruit. “How are you applying on your phone, you gotta upload test scores!!!”
He replied, “How I do that. Jus [sic] do it for me.”
Boone, a 2019 UT graduate, told the recruit that he was on his own.
“I haven’t applied to college since 2014,” she said, “sweetie I am no help.”
Pruitt ‘doesn’t want shitty players’
College coaches make sure all recruits feel like they’re a priority. They need to keep their options open.
But the truth is that five-star and four-star recruits are coveted, and some three-star recruits are backup plans. Many of the remaining recruits are invited to fill space, accompany prized recruits and help the staff build relationships with their high school coaches.
Before UT’s home game against Missouri in 2018, recruiting staff discussed Pruitt being picky about which recruits visited that weekend.
“(It is) very tight and we could only make exceptions for elite players,” director of player personnel Drew Hughes said to Gunn.
“Pruitt reiterates he doesn’t want shitty players at this game.”
It’s plausible that Pruitt wanted his coaches giving extra attention to only a few recruits, especially when considering who attended that game.
Five-star linebackers Travon Walker and Nolan Smith took official visits to UT that weekend, 247Sports reported. They ending up signing with Georgia and served as anchors on the Bulldogs' national championship defenses.
Walker was the No. 1 pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 NFL Draft, and Smith went No. 30 to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023.
‘Linebackers trippin right now’
Fans aren’t the only ones to criticize coaches during a game.
During UT’s 44-21 loss to Georgia in 2020, recruiting staffers shared their frustration over how poorly some players were playing.
“Linebackers trippin right now,” Gunn said to Boone.
They identified a player who apparently missed a critical tackle, but his name was redacted.
Then Boone did what many fans do. She blamed their position coach, Shelton Felton. And she even suggested that she could do a better job.
“Imma give them they Monday pep talk cause apparently Felton not saying what he need to say,” Boone said.
Peyton Manning gaffe or autocorrect?
A recruiting staffer either committed a major faux pas or was a victim of autocorrect.
In August 2020, Gunn and Niedermeyer were exchanging texts about an impermissible recruiting visit they quietly were pulling off during the COVID recruiting dead period.
On a busy morning with recruits in Knoxville, Niedermeyer was trying to locate Gunn in the football facility.
“Are you here?” Niedermeyer asked.
Gunn replied three times in 44 seconds: “Yea I came in … In Pruitt manning … Payton manning.”
Gunn was trying to say that she was in the Peyton Manning Room, which features trophies, jerseys and memorabilia from the former UT star quarterback’s career.
Perhaps she misspelled Manning’s name because she was in a hurry or her phone autocorrected to “Payton.” His name appears everywhere in UT facilities, so give her the benefit of the doubt.
He needs something to wear to prom
Some recruits graduate high school a semester early and enroll at UT in January. But they still return home to participate in senior class events at their high school during their first semester of college.
In April 2019, the mother of an early enrollee sought permission from Pruitt for her son to attend his high school prom. She also asked Gunn to get her son’s measurements for a tuxedo or suit.
“Trying to do all this long distance but do you have anyone that can measure,” the mother said to Gunn. “Trying to get him fitted for something to wear.”
It appeared Gunn successfully got the players’ measurements for his prom outfit. That’s one of the many tasks she did besides managing recruiting visits.
LeBron James and Joey from ‘Friends’
Ever wonder how coaches really react to recruits committing to their school? Sometimes it’s exactly like fans do on social media – with GIFs.
In October 2020, a UT player was hosting a recruit on an impermissible visit. Felton asked the player for a progress report.
The player had good news: “(The recruit) said he needs (UT) gear to commit in.”
Felton replied with a GIF that showed Joey from the TV show “Friends,” with his mouth wide open in a state of shock.
The player then replied with a GIF of LeBron James grinning with gratification. The mission was accomplished.
Almost got caught with recruit
On Aug. 16, 2020, a UT football student worker was pleading with a restaurant to hold a table for a few more minutes because a recruit and his family were running late.
It was Sunday brunch, and the restaurant was packed.
The student worker told Boone that the restaurant host was “lowkey mad” because they were holding a “fat table” and there was a two-hour waiting list for other customers to be seated.
To buy time, the student worker ordered cinnamon rolls for the table.
Finally, the recruit and his family arrived. But it was during dead period for recruiting, when UT football staffers were prohibited from having in-person contact with recruits. So the student worker who had held the table and ordered the food suddenly had to slip away as if they weren’t associated with the recruit.
“When I tell you this family dressed head to toe in UT football stuff,” the student worker said to Boone.
“Get out of there,” Boone replied. “We don’t need you involved.”
The student worker rushed to their car and tried not to draw attention in the crowded restaurant as the orange-clad family sat at the table.
Tell the recruit what he wants to hear
Players who play multiple positions in high school often choose a college because coaches agree to consider them at their preferred position.
During recruiting, some coaches will say what the recruit wants to hear to keep them interested. But once the recruit enrolls at the school, they’re moved to a more suitable position.
Granted, it’s often in the player’s best interests. But the practice has been common in college football for decades, and UT was doing it just like other programs.
On Oct. 26, 2019, Hughes shared notes with Gunn to prepare the staff for recruits visiting UT for a game against South Carolina. His text instructed the staff to communicate with coaches and assist recruits’ families with parking.
Hughes also told the staffers what they should say to a specific recruit: “We love you at multiple positions – including QB.”
And Hughes added, “No one needs to bring up (that topic) – this is just FYI.”
The recruit’s name is redacted. But there’s a good chance it was Jimmy Holiday, who was on an official visit to UT that weekend.
Holiday changed his commitment from TCU to UT in December 2019. That happened after offensive coordinator Jim Chaney visited Holiday’s home and presented an 18-page plan for how the Vols would use him at quarterback.
Holiday enrolled early at UT in January, worked at quarterback in two practices in March before COVID shut down spring sports. When practice resumed in August, Holiday was moved permanently to wide receiver.
Pruitt said it was “something (Holiday) wanted to do.”
Holiday played three seasons at wide receiver, including the past two under Josh Heupel. In January, he transferred to Western Kentucky.
That text was meant for mom
In June 2019, coaches asked a UT player to host a recruit. The player agreed, and Gunn supplied him with cash to pay for food and entertainment.
The player then sent a text to Gunn: “I might not be able to talk tonight cuz I gotta host a recruit.”
Gunn, puzzled, said: “Did you mean to send that to me.”
“No I meant to send that to my mom,” the player replied.
Apparently, the impermissible recruiting visit kept a player from making a scheduled phone call to his mother.
Recruiting being run through Apple Watch
The number of text messages between Boone, Gunn and other recruiting staffers is staggering.
Investigators reviewed approximately 200,000 pages of text messages. Many of them were sent in bursts, as staff and coaches kept close tabs on what recruits were doing throughout their impermissible visits.
In one weekend in August 2020, Felton sent countless text messages and made 81 phone calls to coaches and recruiting staff.
It’s no wonder that at one point Gunn had technical issues with her phone. But she still had to keep up the constant updates.
Boone told Felton, “FYI. Bethany phone isn’t working, she is answering through her Apple Watch.”
Felton didn’t care. He replied, “I need Bethany to call me.”
‘Home boy … can sleep on floor’
Recruits often added people to their traveling party when UT paid their expenses during impermissible visits. And recruiting staff admitted in texts that they had no way to contain the growing numbers.
During one text exchange, Gunn asked a recruit if she needed to make room for a recruit’s cousin. He replied that he instead needed space for “me and my friend and then home boy.”
Gunn told the recruit that only rooms with king beds were available.
“Home boy have to share a bed Friday orrrrr catch the floor Lolol,” Gunn said.
The recruit didn’t mind his companion tagging along, but not enough to share a bed with him.
He told Gunn that “home boy … can sleep on floor.”
‘RIP trampoline’
Pruitt’s staff paid for recruits’ entertainment during their impermissible visits. Bowling, arcades, paintball and escape rooms were among their regular stops.
But to the staff’s surprise, recruits loved to go to trampoline parks. Those venues are for all ages, but they’re usually more popular with younger kids.
In August 2020, Boone couldn’t help but laugh when she thought about big-body recruits bouncing for hours.
“Lol y’all big asses going to a trampoline park,” Boone said to one recruit. “Please send a video of y’all big asses jumping.”
Recruits frequented multiple trampoline parks in the Knoxville area. Two months later, a student worker told Boone that one of them had “closed forever.”
Boone lamented its closure: “RIP trampoline.”
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Emailadam.sparks@knoxnews.com. Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing atknoxnews.com/subscribe.
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Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival
BOISE, Idaho - Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival in a case that included bizarre claims that her son and daughter were zombies and that she was a goddess sent to usher in the Biblical apocalypse.
Vallow Daybell was found guilty in May of killing her two youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, her fifth husband’s previous wife. Vallow Daybell will serve three life sentences one after the other, the judge said.
The husband, Chad Daybell, is awaiting trial on the same murder charges. Vallow Daybell also faces two other cases in Arizona — one on a charge of conspiring with her brother to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and one of conspiring to kill her niece's ex-husband. Charles Vallow was shot and killed in 2019, but her niece's ex survived an attempt later that year.
At the Fremont County Courthouse in St. Anthony, Idaho, Judge Steven W. Boyce heard testimony from several representatives of the victims, including Vallow Daybell's only surviving son, Colby Ryan.
A parent killing their own children "is the most shocking thing really that I can imagine," Boyce said.
Vallow Daybell justified the murders by "going down a bizarre religious rabbit hole, and clearly you are still down there," the judge said.
"I don’t think to this day you have any remorse for the effort and heartache you caused," he said.
Boyce heard testimony from several representatives of the victims, including Vallow Daybell's only surviving son, Colby Ryan.
"Tylee will never have the opportunity to become a mother, wife or have the career she was destined to have. JJ will never be able to grow and spread his light with the world the way he did," Ryan wrote in a statement read by prosecuting attorney Rob Wood. "My siblings and father deserve so much more than this. I want them to be remembered for who they were, not just a spectacle."
Ryan also wrote about his own grief.
"I’ve lost the opportunity to share life with the people I love the most. I have lost my sister, father, brother and my mother," he wrote. "I pray for healing for everyone involved, including those who took the lives of everyone we loved."
The murder scheme and Tammy Daybell’s death left a deep rift in her family, Tammy’s sister Samantha Gwilliam told the court.
"Why? Why plan something so heinous? You are not exalted beings, and your behavior makes you ineligible to be one," Gwilliam said, referring to the unusual religious claims. "Because of the choices you made, my family lost a beloved mother, sister and daughter."
Tammy Daybell’s mother was fighting cancer, and spent the last months of her life watching the murder trial, Gwilliam said. The family has also been hounded by media and others drawn by "all of the salacious scandal you stirred up," Gwilliam told Vallow Daybell, who looked down as she sat between her defense attorneys.
"I miss my sister every day. I will grieve her, and the loss of my mother, every single day of my life," Gwilliam said. "As for you, I choose to forget you and as I leave the courtroom here today, I choose to never think of you again."
Boyce also heard from Vallow Daybell before handing down the sentence. She quoted Bible verses about how people should not judge each other. She said she too mourned the deaths of her children and Tammy Daybell but knew they would be together in the afterlife.
She claimed she is regularly visited by the spirits of her dead children, as well as the spirit of her "eternal friend," Tammy Daybell, and suggested that the three weren’t murdered at all.
"Jesus Christ knows that no one was murdered in this case," she said. "Accidental deaths happen. Suicides happen. Fatal side effects from medication happen."
Wood pointed to the two Arizona cases as well as the three murders in six weeks in Idaho.
"A defendant who is willing to murder her own children is willing to murder anyone," Wood said. "Society can only be protected from this defendant by a sentence of life in prison without parole."
Vallow Daybell was committed multiple times for treatment to make her mentally competent for the court proceedings. But Wood said there is no evidence that her crimes were impacted by her "alleged mental illness" — which includes delusional disorder with grandiose features, according to reports referenced in court.
"The evidence is overwhelming that she did know right from wrong," Wood said, noting testimony from several people who said she lied to them about the deaths.
In July 2019, Vallow Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, shot and killed her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in a suburban Phoenix home. Cox told police he acted in self-defense. He was never charged and later died of what authorities determined were natural causes.
Vallow Daybell was already in a relationship with Chad Daybell, a self-published writer of doomsday-focused fiction loosely based on Mormon teachings. She moved to Idaho with her kids and brother to be closer to him.
The children were last seen alive in September 2019. Police discovered they were missing a month later after an extended family member became worried. Their bodies were found buried in Chad Daybell's yard the following summer.
During the trial, experts said Tylee appeared to have been stabbed and her body burned before it was buried in a pet cemetery, Wood said.
JJ’s head was wrapped in tape and plastic, asphyxiating him, Wood said, speculating that his last thoughts must have "been filled with fear and betrayal."
Tammy Daybell’s body was bruised, suggesting she fought back as she was asphyxiated in her bed, Wood said.
Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow married in November 2019, about two weeks after Daybell's previous wife, Tammy, was killed. Tammy Daybell initially was described as having died of natural causes, but an autopsy later showed she had been asphyxiated, authorities said.
Defense attorney Jim Archibald argued during the trial that there was no evidence tying Vallow Daybell to the killings, but plenty showing she was a loving, protective mother whose life took a sharp turn when she met Chad Daybell and fell for his "weird" apocalyptic religious claims. He suggested that Daybell and Vallow Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, were responsible for the deaths.
Daybell told her they had been married in several previous lives and she was a "sexual goddess" who was supposed to help him save the world by gathering 144,000 followers so Jesus could return, Archibald said.
Vallow Daybell’s former friend Melanie Gibb testified during the trial that Vallow Daybell believed people in her life had been taken over by evil spirits and turned into "zombies," including JJ and Tylee.
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PHOENIX — The year 2022 has turned out to be one of the deadliest for traffic fatalities in Arizona, according to a new report from the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Traffic deaths increased again for the third year in a row after the state reported having 1,294 fatalities on Arizona's roads and highways, which was an 8% increase from 2021.
ADOT data shows that crashes associated with speeding accounted for the greatest share of traffic deaths and injuries. Deaths involving motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians all increased in 2022.
The fatality count is the second highest ever recorded by ADOT, coming up a bit short of the 1,301 traffic deaths reported in 2006.
The total number of injuries sustained from traffic collisions last year was 52,411, which was a slight increase from 2021.
“Most of these collisions are preventable if drivers do two things," said Major Jason Leonard, chief of staff of the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol Division. "First, avoid distractions and remain focused on the task of driving. Second, be patient and drive within the law, especially relating to speed, passing, and distracted driving."
Deaths on Arizona roads
Data from the Arizona Department of Transportation shows that roadway fatalities have been gradually rising in Arizona over the last decade:
- 2011: 825 deaths
- 2012: 821 deaths
- 2013: 844 deaths
- 2014: 774 deaths
- 2015: 895 deaths
- 2016: 952 deaths
- 2017: 1,000 deaths
- 2018: 1,010 deaths
- 2019: 982 deaths
- 2020: 1,057 deaths
ADOT offers driving tips on its website to help keep people safe on the road.
"There’s always room for improvement when it comes to road safety," the department said on its website.
ADOT's suggestions include:
- Don’t speed or drive aggressively
- Never drive while under the influence of substances
- Avoid distractions while driving
- Wear your seatbelt and make sure all passengers are doing the same
- When an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, move over
- Stay extra aware in work zones
- Be prepared for weather conditions that make driving dangerous
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WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — Missed our morning show? Here’s your Midday Ark-La-Miss Update for Monday, July 31, 2023. Watch NBC’s new midday newscast “NBC News Daily” on weekdays from 1 PM to 2 PM central time for national and world news, as well as your full local forecast and top stories across the Ark-La-Miss.
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Tennessee football lands enormous four-star tackle Bennett Warren
Tennessee football got some gigantic news, literally and figuratively, with the commitment of 6-foot-7, 330-pound offensive tackle Bennett Warren.
"I'm Home!!!," Warren wrote Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The enormous lineman chose the Vols over Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas A&M.
“It’s that environment, that coaching staff, no other place like it,” Warren told 247Sports.
Warren, a four-star prospect, is from Fort Bend Christian Academy in Sugar Land, Texas. He is ranked the No. 8 offensive tackle and No. 143 prospect overall in the 2024 class, according to 247Sports Composite.
He also plays basketball and competes in track and field as a shot put and discus thrower.
“Coach (Josh) Heupel is definitely one of those coaches that’s got me fired up to be there," Warren told 247Sports. He’s an awesome guy to talk to. He’s very enthusiastic about what he does. He obviously enjoys being at Tennessee. He’s there to win. He wants to have the best team in the SEC. I definitely want to be part of that.”
UT recruiting has warmed up late in the summer. Warren is the second-highest recruit in the Vols' class, trailing only five-star wide receiver Mike Matthews, who committed on July 19.
UT has moved to No. 8 in the 2024 recruit team rankings by 247Sports Composite.
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Emailadam.sparks@knoxnews.com. Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe.
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LeBron James-backed I Promise School delivers 'discouraging' student test results: report
Several years ago, NBA all-time great LeBron James embarked on a noble philanthropic journey by aiming to transform the lives of at-risk student and parents in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
The I Promise School opened in 2018 as a part of the Akron Public Schools system. But, multiple years have gone by since the school's fall class of eighth-grade students produced passing scores for Ohio's math test, according to a report from the Akron Beacon Journal.
The last time the students passed the state's math test happened when they were in the third grade, per the report. One Akron Public Schools official described the test results as "discouraging."
"It is discouraging," Keith Liechty-Clifford, the district's director of school improvement said.
The mission of the I Promise School, according to on their website, is to help "those students who are already falling behind and in danger of falling through the cracks."
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Although the I Promise School is considered a public school, it operates in partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation. The school receives identical local, state and federal funding as any other public school.
But, the reported poor student performance has created concern among some Akron school officials.
The school offers a unique approach to education, striving to act as somewhat of an intervention for the school district's lowest-performing students at a young age.
Last month, James launched the I Promise Housing development, which will provide 50 affordable units in Akron.
"Young people who have a quality place to live are better students and become better citizens in our community," Dan DeVille of the East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation told News 5 Cleveland.
School board President Derrick Hall expressed disappointment about the school's failure to meet testing expectations.
"For me as a board member, I just think about all the resources that we're providing," Hall said. "And I just, I'm just disappointed that I don't think, it doesn't appear like we're seeing the kind of change that we would expect to see."
Liechty-Clifford also shared data that reflected improvements in some students' grades on a year-over-year basis based on state test results, while others declined.
The LeBron James Family Foundation released a statement on Monday saying it remains steadfast in its commitment.
"When we started this work to wraparound students through education, we entered this partnership with Akron Public School for the long haul," the statement said.
"Because this work requires a long-term commitment, hard work, and a lot of love and care. And that's what we bring each and every day because the I Promise School is more than a school. We're here for the ups and downs, and will continue to wraparound our students and their entire families so they can be successful in school and in life, no matter the challenges and obstacles that come their way."
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I Promise will welcome in a new principal this fall.
Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital. Read more of this story from FOX News.
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PHOENIX — The job hunt is always stressful. Days filled scouring job boards and constantly checking your messages for interview requests.
Constant questions flood your mind as you wonder when the perfect job will appear.
- Do I have enough experience?
- Is my resume formatted correctly?
- Will I ever get an interview?
And for those with disabilities, a whole other pile of questions sits on their mind as they search for employment.
- When do I talk about my disability?
- Can I ask for accommodations?
- Will I lose my disability benefits if I get a job?
The swirl of uncertainty is constant for people with disabilities and the job hunt is no different.
Employment is one of the major hurdles a disabled person may encounter during their lifetime. Whether it’s fighting misconceptions or a lack of opportunities, people with disabilities are oftentimes overlooked for jobs.
But experts like Rehabilitation Services Administrator Kristen Mackey said those with disabilities can be valuable additions to the workforce.
“Research shows that individuals with disabilities stay in jobs longer, really contribute to the diversity of the workforce, and enhance the culture of the workforce as well,” Mackey said. “Individuals with disabilities are a large untapped labor pool. And so there's lots of folks that are out there willing and able to work.”
Mackey helps those with disabilities seek employment through Arizona’s Vocational Rehabilitation program. She said there are about 10,000 individuals utilizing the service.
What is Vocational Rehabilitation?
“VR works with individuals with disabilities anytime to assist them in obtaining competitive integrated employment,” she stated. “So if an individual would like to go to work, then they come to VR so that we can assist them in preparing for winter, whatever skills are needed in order to gain employment, and then finding that job out in the community.”
With support from programs like VR, getting a job can become a reality, but the journey to employment isn’t without its hurdles. Disclosure about a disability is a big topic to tackle when trying to obtain a new job.
Do I talk about my disability?
“The first thing that we always talk to individuals about is disclosure. So you know, how much information do you want to disclose about your disability,” Mackey stated. “How much do you need to disclose about your disability, to a potential employer. And so we talk through that, and understand so that everybody understands what their rights are.”
Another issue that may make some disabled residents shy away from getting a job is the fear of losing their benefits and other state services, but Mackey said DES has services like az.db101.org to help review your options.
“Most of the time, working full time working at a you know, competitive integrated wage is better for you than staying on benefits,” Mackey said. “You will have more money by working versus staying, trying to stay under that level to maintain your benefit with an estimator because it is a concern.”
Employing people with disabilities
Along with providing services and support, Mackey said eliminating stigmas can also help increase inclusion in the workforce.
“Folks sometimes have some preconceived ideas on what people can and cannot do,” Mackey proclaimed. “They may see somebody with a disability and have a notion that something cannot be done, you know, an essential part of the job cannot be completed.”
She also said employers looking to build their workforce shouldn’t shy away from employees with disabilities.
“If you're struggling to fill a position, you know, tapping into the disability workforce pool would be a great place to start.”
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A recent study has placed Arkansas as fourth-ranked nationally as being best for homeschooling.
The study by Age of Learning ranked states based on the restrictiveness of homeschool options, laws and regulations, home school enrollment per capita and access to state sports and extra-curriculars. The ranking for Arkansas came from an 81 out of 100 score.
The highest-ranked states were Idaho and Indiana, both with an 83 out of 100. Utah’s 82 score gave it third in the ranking.
The study ranked the Natural State especially well in its lack of restrictions on home school options with the addition of a low regulatory burden. Despite the high ranking in these categories, Arkansas ranked 15th nationally in home school students per capita.
The study’s authors pointed out that interest in home schooling continues to increase nationally.
Using Google search trend data, the authors showed that home school-related information searches has increased 48% since 2019. The authors broke the figures down to show that in Arkansas for the same period, home school information searches increased 38%.
The Arkansas Department of Education offers guidance to support home schooling. Its Division of Elementary and Secondary Education site maintains an information page for parents interested in the home school process.
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Tennessee football media guide has vacated wins under Jeremy Pruitt, but there's a catch
Tennessee revised its 2023 football media guide on Monday to note it was ordered by the NCAA to vacate two seasons of wins from fired coach Jeremy Pruitt's era. But those victories haven't been completely erased.
The scores of those 11 wins are still listed with an "Editor's Note" in bold type, which says victories were "vacated by the ruling of the NCAA Committee on Infractions penalty in July 2023."
And throughout the guide, there are two categories of results: On-field record and NCAA record.
UT is following an NCAA mandate as part of its five-year probation handed down on July 14. The Vols' official athletics website and all publications must reflect vacated victories, and the media guide is the most permanent representation of those changes.
The 2023 media guide originally was released at SEC Media Days on July 16. But it was submitted to the SEC office before UT received a decision from the NCAA Committee on Infractions. So this version, released just before the start of preseason practice on Wednesday, reflects the NCAA penalties.
All 11 wins in the 2019 and 2020 UT football seasons have been wiped from the NCAA record books because ineligible players appeared in those games.
How vacated wins change Jeremy Pruitt's record
In UT's media guide, the Vols' record has changed from 8-5 to 0-5 in 2019. And it changed from 3-7 to 0-7 in 2020. The games don’t change from wins to losses. And opponents don’t get to count them as wins. Instead, it’s as if they never happened.
Pruitt’s record at UT dropped from 16-19 to 5-19.
UT acknowledged that 16 players competed while ineligible in those wins because they were involved in any of the 200 infractions committed during Pruitt's tenure from 2018 to early 2021. The players' names were not included in the NCAA report, and they were redacted from UT's investigation documents.
Some of those players later had their eligibility reinstated, including a few as part of an immunity agreement in exchange for cooperation with the NCAA investigation. But any wins are vacated in which those players competed from the time they became ineligible through the time they were reinstated.
Wins still on the books if you look closely
Those victories aren't completely deleted from Vols history. The 2023 media guide lists UT's "on-field" record and NCAA record.
For example, UT's all-time record, according to the NCAA, has dropped to 856-410-53 because of vacated wins. That ranks No. 11 in college football history. But UT's all-time record on the field, the media guide notes, is 867-410-3, tied with Southern Cal for No. 10.
The Vols' record at Neyland Stadium and in bowl games have two versions, as well. Their win over Indiana in the 2019 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl was among the vacated victories.
UT's record versus specific opponents also has two versions. Under Pruitt, the Vols beat Missouri, South Carolina and Vanderbilt in 2019 and 2020. Those six wins are reflected in the on-field records but not the NCAA record.
Opponents are not required to adjust their all-time record versus UT in their media guides.
The 2023 UT media guide lists both versions of results. Media outlets can choose how to make distinctions between the two in their coverage. And fans who witnessed those wins can remember them as they were or forget them all together.
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- Auburn signee was poster child of Jeremy Pruitt's NCAA recruiting scheme
- Walter Nolen's impermissible visit to Tennessee cost nearly $3,000, records show
- How Tennessee determined its own fate against Jeremy Pruitt in NCAA recruiting scandal
- Phillip Fulmer was either fooled by Pruitt or feigned ignorance, records show
- Tennessee paid Darnell Washington cash. He still went to Georgia
- Vols assistant paid recruits from bank account shared with parents
- Fulmer's list of candidates to replace Pruitt included some wild names
- Derrick Ansley pointed finger at Pruitt in NCAA investigation. Here's how
- How Pruitt, staff members cheated NCAA rules— and penalty each received
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Emailadam.sparks@knoxnews.com. Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe
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PHOENIX — A plane leaving Phoenix and heading to Chicago returned to Sky Harbor Airport Monday afternoon due to a potential "mechanical issue."
Southwest flight 2790 from Phoenix to Chicago returned to the airport and Phoenix Fire was standing by, airport officials said. The plane is now out of service and will undergo a maintenance review, according to a spokesperson for Southwest.
A new plane is being brought in and will continue the flight.
This is a developing story. We will update this story as more information becomes available.
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(The Hill) – President Biden is opening up about the crummiest advice he’s ever gotten, saying holding grudges “gets you nowhere.”
“I guess the worst advice I’ve ever received was holding a grudge — because lots of times when people do something that is really not good, it’s because they were fearful when they did it. Not fearful of you, but their circumstance,” Biden said in an interview on Jay Shetty’s “On Purpose” podcast released Monday.
“It gets you nowhere, which means people will doubt that I’m really Irish,” Biden quipped.
“But all kidding aside,” the 80-year-old president continued, “Remembering is important, but holding a grudge is not helpful.”
The best advice Biden said he’d been given was to “show up.”
“My mother used to say, ‘Joey, get up. Never bow, never bend. Just get up.’ But showing up, that’s a big part,” he said.
In the wide-ranging chat focused on grief and mental health, Biden also revealed he’s definitely not serving as the country’s TV viewer in chief.
Asked which TV show set in the world of politics and Washington is the most accurate and which is the least, he cracked, “’Mission Impossible.’”
“Look, one of the problems I have is I don’t — and I should — I don’t watch much television,” Biden said.
“And it’s not because I’m above it or anything like that,” he told Shetty during the pair’s conversation at the White House. Biden blamed decades of commuting between D.C. and Delaware as a senator for cutting into potential TV time.
“And so when I get home, there wasn’t much to watch,” Biden said, noting he’d focus his energy on spending time with his then-young children.
“So I’ve been back and forth so much I just haven’t watched many programs,” the 46th president said after describing his usual Amtrak train commute while in the Senate.
“There’s a lot of good stuff, I’m sure. I mean, every once in awhile I turn it on,” Biden said of current television fare.
Living at the executive mansion, which is equipped with a movie theater, has helped his viewing habits, according to Biden.
“I get this list what movies are in and we have the new one,” Biden said of “Oppenheimer,” adding that he’s yet to see the summer box office hit starring Cillian Murphy as the famed real-life Manhattan Project physicist.
“They’re the movies I see these days,” Biden said of the films screened at the White House. “I get to see them at night every once in awhile.”
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Lori Vallow: 'Doomsday Mom' sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho - Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival in a case that included bizarre claims that her son and daughter were zombies and that she was a goddess sent to usher in the Biblical apocalypse.
Vallow Daybell was found guilty in May of killing her two youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, her fifth husband’s previous wife. Vallow Daybell will serve three life sentences one after the other, the judge said.
The husband, Chad Daybell, is awaiting trial on the same murder charges. Vallow Daybell also faces two other cases in Arizona — one on a charge of conspiring with her brother to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and one of conspiring to kill her niece’s ex-husband. Charles Vallow was shot and killed in 2019, but her niece’s ex survived an attempt later that year.
At the Fremont County Courthouse in St. Anthony, Idaho, Judge Steven W. Boyce said the search for the missing children, the discovery of their bodies and the evidence photos shown in court left law enforcement and jurors traumatized, and he would never be able to get images of the slain children out of his head.
A parent killing their own children "is the most shocking thing really that I can imagine," Boyce said.
Vallow Daybell justified the murders by "going down a bizarre religious rabbit hole, and clearly you are still down there," the judge said.
"I don’t think to this day you have any remorse for the effort and heartache you caused," he said.
Boyce heard testimony from several representatives of the victims, including Vallow Daybell’s only surviving son, Colby Ryan.
"Tylee will never have the opportunity to become a mother, wife or have the career she was destined to have. JJ will never be able to grow and spread his light with the world the way he did," Ryan wrote in a statement read by prosecuting attorney Rob Wood. "My siblings and father deserve so much more than this. I want them to be remembered for who they were, not just a spectacle."
Ryan also wrote about his own grief.
"I’ve lost the opportunity to share life with the people I love the most. I have lost my sister, father, brother and my mother," he wrote. "I pray for healing for everyone involved, including those who took the lives of everyone we loved."
The murder scheme and Tammy Daybell’s death left a deep rift in her family, Tammy’s sister Samantha Gwilliam told the court.
"Why? Why plan something so heinous? You are not exalted beings, and your behavior makes you ineligible to be one," Gwilliam said, referring to the unusual religious claims. "Because of the choices you made, my family lost a beloved mother, sister and daughter."
Tammy Daybell’s mother was fighting cancer, and spent the last months of her life watching the murder trial, Gwilliam said. The family has also been hounded by media and others drawn by "all of the salacious scandal you stirred up," Gwilliam told Vallow Daybell, who looked down as she sat between her defense attorneys.
"I miss my sister every day. I will grieve her, and the loss of my mother, every single day of my life," Gwilliam said. "As for you, I choose to forget you and as I leave the courtroom here today, I choose to never think of you again."
Boyce also heard from Vallow Daybell before handing down the sentence. She quoted Bible verses about how people should not judge each other. She said she too mourned the deaths of her children and Tammy Daybell but knew they would be together in the afterlife.
She claimed she is regularly visited by the spirits of her dead children, as well as the spirit of her "eternal friend," Tammy Daybell, and suggested that the three weren’t murdered at all.
"Jesus Christ knows that no one was murdered in this case," she said. "Accidental deaths happen. Suicides happen. Fatal side effects from medication happen."
Wood pointed to the two Arizona cases as well as the three murders in six weeks in Idaho.
"A defendant who is willing to murder her own children is willing to murder anyone," Wood said. "Society can only be protected from this defendant by a sentence of life in prison without parole."
Vallow Daybell was committed multiple times for treatment to make her mentally competent for the court proceedings. But Wood said there is no evidence that her crimes were impacted by her "alleged mental illness" — which includes delusional disorder with grandiose features, according to reports referenced in court.
"The evidence is overwhelming that she did know right from wrong," Wood said, noting testimony from several people who said she lied to them about the deaths.
In July 2019, Vallow Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, shot and killed her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in a suburban Phoenix home. Cox told police he acted in self-defense. He was never charged and later died of what authorities determined were natural causes.
Vallow Daybell was already in a relationship with Chad Daybell, a self-published writer of doomsday-focused fiction loosely based on Mormon teachings. She moved to Idaho with her kids and brother to be closer to him.
The children were last seen alive in September 2019. Police discovered they were missing a month later after an extended family member became worried. Their bodies were found buried in Chad Daybell’s yard the following summer.
During the trial, experts said Tylee appeared to have been stabbed and her body burned before it was buried in a pet cemetery, Wood said.
JJ’s head was wrapped in tape and plastic, asphyxiating him, Wood said, speculating that his last thoughts must have "been filled with fear and betrayal."
Tammy Daybell’s body was bruised, suggesting she fought back as she was asphyxiated in her bed, Wood said.
Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow married in November 2019, about two weeks after Daybell’s previous wife, Tammy, was killed. Tammy Daybell initially was described as having died of natural causes, but an autopsy later showed she had been asphyxiated, authorities said.
Defense attorney Jim Archibald argued during the trial that there was no evidence tying Vallow Daybell to the killings, but plenty showing she was a loving, protective mother whose life took a sharp turn when she met Chad Daybell and fell for his "weird" apocalyptic religious claims. He suggested that Daybell and Vallow Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, were responsible for the deaths.
Daybell told her they had been married in several previous lives and she was a "sexual goddess" who was supposed to help him save the world by gathering 144,000 followers so Jesus could return, Archibald said.
Vallow Daybell’s former friend Melanie Gibb testified during the trial that Vallow Daybell believed people in her life had been taken over by evil spirits and turned into "zombies," including JJ and Tylee.
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Freddie Dilione, Dalton Knecht in spotlight for Tennessee basketball in Italy
Tennessee basketball is headed on a trip to Europe for the first time since 2017.
The Vols are going on a three-game, four-city, 10-day trip through Italy that starts Monday. It's the first foreign tour for UT since it went to Spain prior to the 2017-18 season. The Vols went on to win a share of the SEC regular-season title.
"With this team, we’ve been going at each other here all summer," Vols coach Rick Barnes said. "Going out and playing a couple games over there is a good thing but it is more than just games on this trip.”
The games are on Aug. 4 and 5 in Florence against the Lithuanian under-21 national team, with the finale on Aug. 7 against Italian club Stella Azzurra in Rome. All games will be broadcast on FloHoops.com.
Here's what to pay attention to with the Vols in Italy:
Watch Freddie Dilione and Dalton Knecht go
It's fair to assume the Vols won't lean heavily on fifth-year seniors Josiah-Jordan James and Santiago Vescovi in Italy. UT knows what it has in the pair and doesn't need to play them extensively.
It should be the Freddie Dilione and Dalton Knecht show in Europe. The pair of guards are extremely gifted offensively, injecting savvy and scoring into the roster. Dilione redshirted in the spring semester after enrolling early as a four-star, top-50 recruit. Knecht averaged 20.2 points and shot 37.1% on 3-pointers at Northern Colorado last season.
Dilione and Knecht could be the Vols' leading scorers this season and will have a major say on how far the team goes.
Find out what Cameron Carr, DJ Jefferson can give you
Tennessee's guard and wing rotation is mostly settled. UT is expected to start Dilione, James, Knecht and Vescovi until Zakai Zeigler returns from the ACL injury he suffered in late February. He likely bumps Dilione to the bench where he, junior Jahmai Mashack and USC Upstate transfer Jordan Gainey will be the top reserves to open the season.
Freshman Cameron Carr and redshirt freshman D.J Jefferson will be battling to get into the rotation. Carr, a four-star recruit in the 2023 class, is slight but can shoot. He looks like a future force. Jefferson redshirted last season and has come back with a revamped shot that has him shooting as well as anyone on Barnes' roster. He's a freak athlete but has to avoid lapses and turnovers.
There are some minutes to be had given that James will get a lot of run at the 4. Italy is a chance for Carr and Jefferson to make a claim.
It's about the experience
Tennessee's trip goes through Milan, Lake Como, Florence and Rome across the 10-day excursion. The Vols will play just three games in the window because the jaunt is as much about the experience as it is about the basketball.
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Barnes stressed the trip is "to reward these guys for a commitment to us and give them an experience." The Vols will go on a boat tour on Lake Como, see the Duomo in Florence, do a cooking class, and visit the Colosseum in Rome among many sights and events.
Those off-court bonding experiences and sightseeing days are a focal point for UT on the trip.
Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee athletics. Email him at michael.wilson@knoxnews.com and follow him on Twitter @ByMikeWilson. If you enjoy Mike’s coverage, consider a digital subscription that will allow you access to all of it
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BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) — A 6-year-old boy’s lemonade stand was burglarized last week in Belen, New Mexico, while he was trying to raise money for a good cause. After news spread about the theft, the community stepped up and rallied around him.
Connor Brock had a goal: raise $250 to donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as part of their “Lemonade Stand in July” challenge.
His parents were also raising money for Connor’s benefit: “Connor has autism level two, and we’ve used the lemonade stand not only to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital but also to teach Connor responsibility, to recognize the one dollar bill, the president on it, how to count money,” said Abbegale Brock, Connor’s mother. She wanted to teach him about things like empathy and compassion.
That all came to a halt when thieves stole snacks, drinks and equipment from the lemonade stand.
“I was just dumbfounded because we weren’t gone long. Went to get something to eat, and it didn’t make any sense. It was items that you wouldn’t even think anyone would take,” Brock recalled.
Brock said she had to explain to Connor what had happened: “I just told him somebody else must have needed it more than we did.”
This weekend, Connor found himself back in business when two motorcycle groups rallied dozens of bikers Saturday and Sunday to help out.
“We heard the unfortunate situation that happened to him last week, and we just wanted to stand behind him and come show some support and just let him know that we’re here, and we got his back,” said Marcos Jaramillo, president of Moose Riders Belen 1680.
Cup after cup, from Saturday to Sunday, donations came pouring in.
“I contacted all my folks, and we put it out there four days ago. Four days ago, we put this out there, and I believe we had over 56 bikes show up this morning,” said Andrew Witham, with Rogue Biker Life, “If you’re not a part of the solution, you’re definitely a part of the problem, and if we can help in any way shape or form, we’re going to.”
“As a biker community, what we’re saying as bikers is, we’re going to be there,” explained Toby Gutierrez, owner of Rogue Biker, “If you’re going to come out and do this, you can expect to see us.”
An anonymous donation of lemonade jars for Connor was also dropped off at the Belen Police Department, and Brock said the New Mexico Gas Company donated money and built him a new lemonade stand to use.
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WASHINGTON — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian best known for his character Pee-wee Herman, has died at 70 years old after a years-long battle with cancer that he did not make public. The Monday announcement of his death was met with an immediate outpouring of grief from his friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry.
"Russian Doll" star Natasha Lyonne, who made her acting debut at 6 years old on the first season of "Pee-wee's Playhouse," shared images from the hit television series on social media.
"Love you so much, Paul. One in all time. Thank you for my career & your forever friendship all these years & for teaching us what a true original is," she wrote, adding several heart emojis and one emoji of a broken heart.
Lyonne was one of many actors and comedians who described Reubens as a friend or mentor, sharing photos or personal stories.
"No tweet can capture the magic, generosity, artistry, and devout silliness of Paul Reubens. Everyone I know received countless nonsensical memes from Paul on their birthday, and I mean EVERYONE. His surreal comedy and unrelenting kindness were a gift to us all. Damn, this hurts.
"Paul Reubens was like no one else - a brilliant and original comedian who made kids and their parents laugh at the same time. He never forgot a birthday and shared his genuine delight for silliness with everyone he met. My family and I will miss him."
"Paul Reubens was a great, great friend. He gave me the muppets for my birthday and never forgot anyone’s birthday from our class. He was in my class at CalArts and we had the same business manager. He was always kind to me and to everyone. He will be missed."
"Paul Reubens was a gifted performer and a nice person. He brought so much joy to people over the years as Pee Wee, my sister and I loved that character. I was privileged to work with him in a film and he was as great in real life as he was on screen. Tough news here."
"This is devastating. Truly heartbreaking. Paul was such a comedy genius. From his Letterman appearances to his TV shows and movies, he was so original and hilarious. And such a sweet man too. This is a huge loss for comedy. Thanks for all the laughs, Paul."
"One of the patron saints of all misfitted, weird, maladjusted, wonderful, miraculous oddities."
"One of the greats is gone. It is a very sad day. Thank you for the joy, @peeweeherman. Chris and I were so proud to call you friend. You will live in our hearts forever, Paul.
"The greatest. No one ever like him ever."
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Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul unveil $500M plan to combat gun violence in NYC
NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul making a big announcement at city hall Monday, about a state and city plan to invest half a billion dollars to prevent gun violence.
This announcement was focused on investing in communities that have been historically under-invested in, specifically six precincts in the Bronx and Brooklyn, that made up 25% of the city's gun violence.
The plan is to take $485 million and use it towards boosting several goals including:
- Early Intervention: $118.3 million to increase early support, including mentorship opportunities, for young people to prevent them from becoming involved in gun violence.
- Housing: $57.5 million to improve existing housing conditions, especially for public housing residents, and increase access to transitional, supportive, and permanent housing units.
- Navigation & Benefits: $67.8 million to help New Yorkers access public benefits they deserve and provide better assistance to justice-involved individuals and families navigating benefits programs.
- Community Vitality: $8.64 million to invest in public spaces, including parks, playgrounds, and community centers to make neighborhoods safer and more vibrant.
- Employment and Entrepreneurship: $118.5 million to target opportunity and skills training for young New Yorkers and justice-involved individuals to give them pathways to sustainable, well-paying jobs.
- Trauma-Informed Care: $106.66 million to bolster mental health resources for young people and others with a diagnosed mental illness, and ensure appropriate crisis response to those suffering from mental health episodes.
- Community & Police Relations: $2.6 million to strengthen bonds of trust between police and communities by allowing greater collaboration on neighborhood safety initiatives, ensuring more effective policing that balances the twin imperatives of safety and justice.
They’re calling it "A Blueprint for Community Safety". The plan was born out of 18 months of work by the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, using feedback from 1,500 residents and 800 kids.
The focus is to ensure public safety is not about locking up the criminals— it’s about preventing kids from becoming criminals.
"Public safety is not only a prerequisite but the pathway to prosperity. It is what we have campaigned, and what we have delivered. Overall, crime is down across the city year to date, and our numbers continue to trend in the right direction. The work of public safety is never done and even a single loss of life to gun violence is a tragedy," said Mayor Adams.
Over time, the city going to measure the decreases in crime, to see if the program is working. The Mayor also said this program should help curtail random acts of violence in the city.
According to the report, approximately 92% of total gun violence in New York City is concentrated within 30 precincts across the five boroughs. Six of these precincts — representing 25% of shooting incidents and 39% of confirmed shots fired citywide in 2022 — are being prioritized for new and expanded investments recommended in the report. The six precincts are:
• Precinct 40 – Port Morris, Mott Haven, and Melrose
• Precinct 42 – Morrisania, Claremont, and Crotona Park
• Precinct 44 – Grand Concourse, Bronx Terminal Market, and Yankee Stadium
• Precinct 47 – Wakefield, Woodlawn, Baychester, and Williamsbridge
• Precinct 73 – Brownsville and Ocean Hill
• Precinct 75 – East New York and Cypress Hill
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From Michelle Marciniak to Rickea Jackson: Top nine transfers in Lady Vols basketball history
Transfers have made big impacts in the history of Lady Vols basketball.
There have been 24 transfers since legendary coach Pat Summitt began coaching in 1974. Summitt and former Tennessee coach Holly Warlick brought in a combined 13 transfers.
The creation of the NCAA transfer portal and the one-time immediate eligibility rule led to an increase in transfers across college basketball. Tennessee coach Kellie Harper has recruited well out of the portal, and has brought in 11 transfers going into her fifth season.
With three transfers set to make their debuts in the 2023-24 season, here's a look at the most impactful transfers to Tennessee over the years in alphabetical order.
Alberta Auguste and Shannon Bobbitt (2006-08)
Transferred from: College of Central Florida (Auguste), Trinity Valley Community College (Bobbitt)
Seasons at Tennessee: 2
We're combining the two in this case. Alberta Auguste and Shannon Bobbitt went from first-team NJCAA All-Americans to winning two NCAA championships at Tennessee.
Bobbitt averaged 9.3 points, three assists and 2.3 rebounds. The 5-foot-2 guard was named to the NCAA All-Final Four team twice. Bobbitt ranks in the top 10 at UT in every 3-point shooting category but one and assists in a single game (13).
The 5-11 Auguste played guard and forward, averaged 5.1 points and 2.6 rebounds at Tennessee and her eight steals during a game in 2006 rank No. 4 in program history. Auguste and Bobbitt were part of Tennessee's five-player 2008 WNBA Draft class, which was the first draft five players were selected from one team.
Cindy Brogdon (1977-79)
Transferred from: Mercer
Seasons at Tennessee: 2
Cindy Brogdon played for Summitt after winning a silver medal with her at the 1976 Olympics, and went to the AIAW Final Four both seasons at Tennessee.
The 5-10 forward was a three-time Kodak All-American and scored 1,458 points at UT. She recorded 3,204 points, 1,028 rebounds and 377 assists in her career.
She ranks in the top 10 in career scoring average, points scored in a season, career free throw percentage and career assists per game. Brogdon was inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.
Diamond DeShields (2014-17)
Transferred from: North Carolina
Seasons at Tennessee: 3 (one redshirt)
Diamond DeShields made it into the 1,000 point club in two seasons at Tennessee, averaging 15.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and three assists.
DeShields ranks in the top 10 in career scoring average and free throws made in a game. The 6-1 guard played on the last Tennessee team to make it to an NCAA Elite Eight in 2015-16. DeShields was a WBCA honorable mention All-American before turning pro after her redshirt junior year.
DeShields was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft. She won a WNBA title with the Chicago Sky and now plays for the Dallas Wings.
Rickea Jackson (2022-present)
Transferred from: Mississippi State
Seasons at Tennessee: 1
Jackson was an All-America honorable mention, a first-team All-SEC selection and Cheryl Miller Award Top Five finalist during the 2022-23 season. She averaged 19.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists.
The 6-2 forward ranks in the top 10 of career scoring average, free throws made in a game and 20-plus point games. Jackson recorded the second-longest streak of 20-plus point games (8) and set the program record for highest free-throw percentage (100%) with the most made attempts when she went 14-for-14 in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.
Jackson is set for a second season at Tennessee after deciding not to enter the WNBA Draft.
Michelle Marciniak (1993-96)
Transferred from: Notre Dame
Seasons at Tennessee: 3
Michelle Marciniak is one of the best point guards in program history, and played for two legendary coaches in Muffet McGraw at Notre Dame and then Summitt.
She still ranks in the top 10 at Tennessee in all assists and steals categories and owns the school record for steals in a single game (11).
The 5-10 Marciniak led the Lady Vols to two straight NCAA title games, winning a national championship in 1996 when she was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. She went on to play in the ABL and WNBA for six seasons.
Cindy Noble (1978-81)
Transferred from: Ohio State
Seasons at Tennessee: 3
Cindy Noble was a Wade Trophy Finalist, a Kodak All-American and led UT to three AIAW Final Fours and two runner-up finishes. The 6-5 center averaged 15.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals with the Lady Vols.
Noble's 67.9% field goal percentage in 1979-80 is the highest in program history. She's in the top 10 of career points per game, career field goal percentage and free throws made in a single season.
She went on to play professionally in Italy and Japan and won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. Noble was inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.
Jill Rankin Schneider (1979-80)
Transferred from: Wayland Baptist College
Seasons at Tennessee: 1
Jill Rankin Schneider went to the Final Four and was a Kodak All-American and Wade Trophy finalist at both her schools.
The 6-3 center averaged 19.2 points and 7.3 rebounds to lead Tennessee to the AIAW Final Four. UT won both the regular-season and SEC Tournament championships, and Schneider won SEC tournament MVP.
Schneider had 2,851 points and 1,101 rebounds in her career and shot 58.3%. She's in the top 10 for career shooting percentage, points scored and field goals made in single season. Schneider was inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Patricia Roberts (1976-77)
Transferred from: North Georgia College/Emporia State College
Seasons at Tennessee: 1
Patricia Roberts won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics alongside Summitt before playing for her. Roberts averaged 29.9 points and 14.2 rebounds – the highest averages ever at UT – and had 2,447 career points and 1,031 rebounds.
The 6-2 forward holds the program records for single-season points (987) and rebounds (467) and single-game points (51) and rebounds (24). Her 64.7% field goal percentage is the second-highest recorded in a season at UT.
Roberts was Tennessee's first Kodak All-American in 1977 and was inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.
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(KTLA) – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the discovery of a body inside a 55-gallon drum in Malibu Lagoon on Monday.
A park worker first saw the drum floating by the Pacific Coast Highway bridge Sunday night but didn’t think much of it at the time, a spokesperson for the L.A. County Fire Department told Nexstar’s KTLA.
When lifeguards arrived at work Monday morning, they saw the drum in the lagoon and tried to pull it out at which point they discovered the body inside, officials said.
No information about the victim was immediately known.
KTLA helicopter footage showed the black plastic drum standing upright in shallow water and the beach appeared to be closed for the investigation.
Late last spring, a body was found in a barrel in Nevada’s Lake Mead. Authorities said the body may have been there for four decades but have not yet identified the victim, despite identifying other bodies that appeared due to receding water levels.
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Snoop Dogg launches new ice cream line at Walmart
Snoop Dogg is expanding his business portfolio and is stepping into the frozen dessert space.
The "Drop it like it’s Hot" rapper is releasing a new ice cream line called Dr. Bombay, named after his cryptocurrency non-fungible token name.
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Snoop’s new ice cream brand is available in seven flavors which are Sherbert Swizzle, Cocoa Cream Cookie Dream, Bonus Track Brownie, Syrupy Waffle Sundaze, S’more Vibes, Iced Out Orange Cream, and Rollin’ in the Dough.
Snoop Dogg launches his new Dr. Bombay Ice Cream. (Photo courtesy of Happi Co.)
Shoppers can get pints of these delicious flavors for $4.98 at 3,500 Walmart stores, according to a release.
"Ice cream is more than just a snack to me; it's a way to chill, relax, and get happy. That's exactly what I want Dr. Bombay Ice Cream to do—bring a smile to your face and ease your mind, Snoop said in a statement. "I've poured my heart and soul into perfecting these first seven flavors, and I can't wait for my fans and the world to experience what I've created.
The acclaimed rapper teamed up with Happi Co., a consumer packaged goods company, to launch Dr. Bombay.
This story was reported from Washington, D.C.
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When was last time Tennessee football fans were so optimistic? And they're not afraid. | Adams
I was sitting at one end of the bar in a local restaurant when I heard a voice at the far end.
The voice also was probably heard in Gatlinburg. And maybe, Crossville. It carried like a roar of thunder from one of our summer storms.
The couple nearest him didn’t seem to mind. He was preaching to the Big Orange choir of which they apparently were members.
His booming optimism was the kind usually reserved for fans of football dynasties. He ran through the upcoming schedule and all the glory that lay ahead. Then, he flashed back to Tennessee’s breakthrough season of 2022. It was all good.
As he spoke with the conviction of a born-again Vol, I took note. Maybe, his words signified a shift for Tennessee fandom.
Optimism usually surges through the masses at this time of year. But in the past, even as UT fans voiced their great expectations for the season to come, you sensed there was a deeper voice warning them “Prepare yourself to be disappointed.”
Tennessee football fans probably haven't been this fired up since the 1990s. There was optimism before the 2016 season after the Vols won nine games the previous season and returned many key players. But Butch Jones was the coach. His presence was enough to activate the voice of restraint.
That voice has become muted in many fans – for good reason. Third-year coach Josh Heupel is changing their way of thinking.
He’s not doing that with words. He’s doing it with actions.
You don’t talk your way to a 11-2 season and top-10 finish like the Vols enjoyed in 2022. If you could, Jones would have never won fewer than 11 games.
Heupel isn’t just raising the hopes of Tennessee fans. He’s trying to raise the standard back to where it was before the program plunged southward in the 2000s.
I’m not suggesting fans – even the one at the far end of the bar – believe the Vols will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their last national championship with another unbeaten season. But I also don’t believe they fear a drubbing from the best teams on their schedule as they once did.
Not even two-time defending national champion Georgia looks invincible through a Big Orange lens. My guess is Tennessee fans will approach that game at Neyland Stadium as they did the one last season against Alabama. There won’t be a timid voice in the crowd.
How good can the Vols be this season? As fall practice begins, you can only guess.
You probably didn’t predict last season’s upset of Alabama. It’s also unlikely you expected South Carolina to upend the Vols 63-38 in Columbia.
Weird things happen during an SEC season. Injuries happen. Roles change.
Quarterback Josh Milton served Tennessee well as a backup to Hendon Hooker last season. And when Hooker was lost for the season with a knee injury, Milton starred in UT’s Orange Bowl victory over Clemson.
His role will change and the pressure will increase this season. He will be the No. 1 quarterback from the get-go. I expect him to do well, but you can’t be sure until he does it.
You could say the same for Georgia’s likely starter at quarterback, Carson Beck. He demonstrated his talent as a backup to Stetson Bennett last season. There’s certainly nothing wrong with his throwing arm. But how will he handle the pressure of being the starting quarterback for a team in quest of a third consecutive national championship?
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Never mind the uncertainty surrounding the sport. Tennessee fans believe in their coach, who has taken the program from the lower half of the SEC East to the top 10 while ending losing streaks to Alabama and Florida along the way.
Those fans aren't just thinking "what could go right?" They're saying it loud enough for everyone to hear.
John Adams is a senior columnist. He may be reached at 865-342-6284 orjohn.adams@knoxnews.com. Follow him at: twitter.com/johnadamskns.
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PORT ANGELES, Washington (WJW) – An 8-year-old child was attacked by a cougar at Olympic National Park’s Lake Angeles on Saturday evening.
The child was with their family at Lake Angeles, south of Port Angeles, when the attack happened Saturday night, the National Park Service said Monday.
“The cougar casually abandoned its attack after being yelled and screamed at by the child’s mother,” NPS wrote in a news release. The child suffered only minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
Park officials then evacuated the remaining campers in the Lake Angeles area, closing the space and Heather Park to the public. Olympic National Park wildlife biologist Tom Kay said in a statement that the decision to close the Lake Angeles Trail, Heather Park Trail, Switchback Trail, and the entire Klahhane Ridge Trail was made “out of an abundance of caution.”
Early Sunday morning, park law enforcement and wildlife personnel who specialize in cougar tracking were dispatched to the last known location of the cougar at Lake Angeles, the park service reported. If located, the cougar will be euthanized and removed from the park for a necropsy.
“This may provide clues as to why the animal attacked since cougars are rarely seen and attacks on humans are extraordinarily rare,” park officials said. “Olympic National Park has extensive protocols in place for wildlife observations, interactions, and attacks and the lethal removal of this cougar is in line with these protocols.”
Because Olympic National Park is considered “cougar territory,” NPS recommends visitors be prepared for the encounter. They should not hike or jog alone, and children should remain near adults. Pets should also be left at home.
Should you encounter a cougar, you should remain calm and avoid running, according to wildlife experts. Do your best to appear as large as possible, continue watching the animal, and be loud. NPS also recommends throwing items like rocks or sticks at the cougar.
There have been no recent deaths caused by cougars in Olympic National Park, according to NPS data.
It’s not the first wildlife attack in the national parks this year, though.
Last week, a woman was found dead after an “apparent bear encounter” near Yellowstone National Park. Earlier this month, a woman in the park suffered “significant injuries” after being gored by a bison.
The park warns that between mid-July and mid-August, bison are in mating season and “can become agitated more quickly.”
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Soldier continues watch over Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as winds, rain lash DC area
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. - As powerful wind gusts whipped trees on the grounds of the Arlington National Cemetery, a lone soldier continued their watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Saturday as rain lashed the area during severe storms.
Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," stand watch over the Tomb of the Unknown 365 days a year, even in horrible weather.
On Saturday, the Tombs Guards, or Sentinels, continued their watch as hurricane-force winds roared through the Washington D.C. area. Winds uprooted trees in the District and caused widespread damages. The damage was likely caused by a downburst, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
The National Weather Service said wind gusts with the line of storms were estimated to top 80 mph and were accompanied by torrential rainfall and frequent lightning.
A gust of 59 mph was recorded at a weather station near Arlington National Cemetery.
Video recorded during the storm on Saturday shows the Sentinel continuing to take the 21-step march back and forth in the pouring rain. The wind can be heard howling in the video.
According to the Society of the Honor Guard, the Tombs Guard has contingencies if the weather conditions put a soldier at risk, including for lightning and high winds. The Old Guard continued its watch even during Hurricane Isabel in 2003, which brought a 6-to-8-foot storm surge to parts of Virginia.
The white marble tomb is the final resting place for one of America’s unidentified World War I service members exhumed in France and brought home to the U.S. in 1921. Since then, two other unidentified soldiers have been laid to rest at the Tomb in 1958 and another in 1984. The Tomb has been guarded 24 hours a day since 1937.
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Davis Shore of Knoxville wins first PGA Tour Canada golf tournament
Davis Shore won the Osprey Valley Open in Ontario, Canada, on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Canada victory.
The 24-year-old Shore shot 19 under par for a one-shot victory and held off Myles Creighton, who started the final four shots back. Shore was 18 under the final three rounds and earned $40,500.
"I didn’t know if this was ever going to happen. It finally happened, and I got it done. I can’t put it into words,” Shore told PGA TOUR Canada.
It was only his second event on PGA Tour Canada after making his debut the previous week at the Commissionaires Ottawa Open and tying for 28th. The win vaulted him to sixth in the Fortinet Cup standings.
"A win is vital to finishing in the top five. This is huge. It’s very difficult to finish in the top five without a win, and to get over that hump is big," Shore said.
Shore began his love for golf on the courses in Knoxville, Tennessee. He told Knox News his earliest golf memories were with his father playing on the Concord Park par-3 course.
After he attended Christian Academy of Knoxville, he played mostly junior events.
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Shore played collegiately at Alabama. His playing time was severely hindered because of a hip impingement as well as a torn hip labrum, which required surgery. Shore also fractured his L3 vertebrae and with the pileup of injuries, missed almost three years with the Crimson Tide.
He turned pro in 2021. He had three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
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REEDLEY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An investigation into a warehouse in Reedley, California, uncovered a large-scale illegal medical lab complete with bioengineered mice, infectious agents, nearly 30 refrigerators and freezers, incubators and more.
The investigation was prompted by a simple garden hose that was illegally attached and coming out of a wall in the back of the building.
“Frankly, we knew that should not have been there and when she went to investigate, she found that there was activity or operation or something happening within that building,” said Reedley City Manager Nicole Zieba.
The city then obtained a search warrant to look inside what should have been an ordinary warehouse. Inside, they found thousands of vials, many of which contained bio-hazardous materials like human blood, and other unknown substances.
“There was over 800 different chemicals on site in different bottles of different acids. Unfortunately, a lot of these are being categorized under unknown chemicals,” said Assistant Director of the Fresno County Department of Public Health Joe Prado. “A lot of these labels have been removed from bottles so there was only so much testing. We could do those chemicals.”
Health officials also discovered nearly 1,000 lab mice, 200 of which were dead.
Prado said the warehouse occupants claimed they were “doing some testing on laboratory mice that would help them support, developing the COVID test kits that they had on-site.”
According to court documents, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tested what they could and determined that at least 20 potentially infectious viral, bacterial, and parasitic agents were present, including E. coli, malaria, and the virus that causes COVID-19.
“This is an unusual situation. I’ve been in government for 25 years. I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Zieba.
“I’ve never seen this in my 26-year career with the County of Fresno,” Prado agreed.
Over the course of several weeks, officials with local, state, and federal agencies worked to remove the materials from the location
“I think because of that swift action that was taken we had been able to maintain public safety this entire time,” Prado explained.
“There are no more biologicals. There are no more mice, but they still will see us abating, 30 freezers and fridges, medical equipment, and all sorts of furniture in there. They’ll still see some activity, nothing hazardous at this point,” Zieba said.
Officials are still trying to figure out what type of operation was taking place inside that building. Prado said the owners operated under the name Prestige Biotech and the company president was not forthcoming with information.
A criminal investigation is also ongoing.
All of the mice inside the lab had to be euthanized.
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US trucking giant Yellow shutting down operations amid standoff with Teamsters union
After nearly 100 years in operation, U.S. trucking giant Yellow Corp is shutting down operations.
The company sent notices to customers and employers, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
The end of the road comes after the company earlier this month averted a strike by some 22,000 Teamsters-represented workers, saying the company will pay the more than $50 million it owed in worker benefits and pension accruals.
Then on Thursday, the company said it was exploring opportunities to divest its third-party logistics company Yellow Logistics Inc, and was engaged with multiple interested parties.
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Formerly known as YRC Worldwide Inc., Yellow was one of the nation's largest less-than-truckload carriers with some 30,000 employees across the country.
The shutdown comes after more than a decade of financial struggles and seeing customers leave in droves.
FreightWaves reported last week that employees were told to expect the filing Monday. Yellow laid off an unknown number of employees Friday, the outlet later reported, citing a memo that stated the company was "shutting down its regular operations."
According to Satish Jindel, president of transportation and logistics firm SJ Consulting, Yellow handled an average of 49,000 shipments per day in 2022. Last, that number was down to between 10,000 and 15,000 daily shipments.
As of late March, Yellow had an outstanding debt of about $1.5 billion. Of that, $729.2 million was owed to the federal government.
In 2020, under the Trump administration, the Treasury Department granted the company a $700 million pandemic-era loan on national security grounds. Last month, a congressional probe concluded that the Treasury and Defense Departments "made missteps" in this decision — and noted that Yellow's "precarious financial position at the time of the loan, and continued struggles, expose taxpayers to a significant risk of loss."
The government loan is due in September 2024. As of March, Yellow had made $54.8 million in interest payments and repaid just $230 million of the principal owed, according to government documents.
Meanwhile, a series of heated exchanges had been building up between the Teamsters and Yellow, who sued the union in June after alleging it was "unjustifiably blocking" restructuring plans needed for the company's survival.
The Teamsters called the litigation "baseless" – with general president Sean O'Brien pointing to Yellow's "decades of gross mismanagement," which included exhausting the $700 million federal loan.
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(The Hill) – Country singer Jason Aldean defended his controversial song “Try That in a Small Town” in Massachusetts over the weekend, saying the message of the track was demonstrated by the city of Boston after the devastating marathon bombing 10 years ago.
Speaking to fans at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, about 40 miles from where the terrorist attack occurred, killing three and injuring hundreds, Aldean told fans the message of his song has been “overshadowed by all the bulls—.”
“I was lying in bed last night and I was thinking to myself, you guys would get this better than anybody, right,” Aldean said, according to NBC News. “Because I remember a time, I think it was April 2013, when the Boston Marathon bombings happened, you guys remember this right?” he asked the audience.
“The last time that happened was a whole, not a small town, a big-ass town came together, no matter your color, no matter anything,” he continued. “No matter if you’re anything. The whole country and especially Boston came together to find” the culprits.
Aldean has faced growing backlash for his song and the music video for what some consider racially charged lyrics and images. The song, which was released in May, tells protesters who “cuss out a cop, spit in his face, stomp on the flag and light it up” they could see retribution from small town residents.
Others expressed outrage over the location where the video was shot: outside a courthouse in Columbia, Tenn., where a Black man was lynched in the 1920s and which almost became the lynching spot of Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court’s first African American justice.
After some accused the song of glorifying sundown towns, or all-white neighborhoods where Black people were discouraged from being after dark through white violence, the music video pulled from CMT.
Republicans, however, have stood behind the song, with former President Trump, whom Aldean supported in 2020, defending the singer and calling him a “fantastic guy.”
Aldean has vehemently denied accusations that “Try That in a Small Town” carries racist undertones, and on Saturday he told concert-goers the song has nothing to do with race but about punishing those who threaten America, just as Bostonians would have if they had caught the 2013 bombers, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
“And anybody, any of you guys that would’ve found those guys before the cops did, I know you guys from Boston, and you guys would’ve beat the s— outta them, either one of ‘em,” Aldean said. “And I’ve been trying to say, this is not about race, it’s about people getting their s— together and acting right, acting like you’ve got some common sense.”
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Nucor West Virginia site plans along W.Va. 2 in Apple Grove in Mason County were displayed during a meeting of the Cabell and Mason counties' commissions to discuss concerns about public safety regarding W.Va. 2 and downstream opportunities the new sheet mill is expected to create.
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Cabell County commissioners meet their counterparts in Mason County Monday morning to discuss traffic concerns ahead of Nucor West Virginia's start of construction of a new steel mill at Apple Grove along W.Va. 2.
"We are just reaching out to our neighbors just to have a discussion," said Charles Walker, the new grants and special projects manager of the Cabell County Commission. "That's it, nothing more than that. Nothing is being decided today."
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Walmart launches travel benefits for its Walmart+ members
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart is taking its valued Walmart+ members on a journey with new travel benefits.
The retail giant announced that Walmart+ members can now book getaways through WalmartPlusTravel.com and receive 5% Walmart Cash to use on hotels, vacation rentals, car rentals and activity bookings. Its members will also get 2% Cash on flights and vacation packages.
The new benefit is powered by Expedia Group, giving Walmart+ members access to more than 900,000 properties, 500+ airlines and 100+ car rental companies.
"We're bringing together the ultimate savings membership and vacation booking site to deliver a first-ever travel-focused benefit for Walmart+ members," Venessa Yates, senior vice president and general manager of Walmart+, said in a press release on July 26. "Combined with our other benefits - including free delivery, streaming and savings on fuel - we’re creating a membership that saves customers time and money, whether they’re at home or having fun at their favorite vacation destination."
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After a booking is confirmed, Walmart said that any Cash received will appear in the member’s Walmart wallet. The rewards will become available 30 days after travel is completed and can be used on future Walmart purchases or cashed out in-store.
"What's exciting is that with this collaboration, Walmart customers will benefit from Expedia's ongoing innovation through TravelOS, our A.I.-powered travel operating system, as we continue to add new product and feature updates to drive the best traveler experience," said Ariane Gorin, president of Expedia for Business.
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Walmart recently rebranded its Walmart Rewards program to Walmart Cash. The company said over time, some of the components of Walmart Cash will expand to all customers, while some its components, like travel, will remain exclusive to Walmart+ members.
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Back to School: Getting kids back on a sleep schedule
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - It’s time to get back into the swing of heading to school. After staying up late all summer it’s hard to get back into a routine, especially getting back on a sleep schedule.
It’s the back to school prep many people forget about. Getting back on a sleep schedule to be ready for a new school year.
“Very big problem this time of year, especially summer break, kids are trying to get back into school,” said Valley Health pediatrician Dr. Daniel Whitmore. “They have this sleep pattern where they go to bed different times during the night, wake up different times during the day.”
Whitmore says you have to get into the habit before the year starts.
“You probably should start at least a week before school starts, and you want to try and get a regular bedtime every night,” Whitmore said. “That includes weekends, as well, holidays and breaks. A lot of times kids want to stay up on the weekends, and that will throw them off on Monday.”
When you’ve got bedtime scheduled, it’s recommended to prepare for bedtime each night.
“Try to avoid food and drinks two hours before bed, also avoid electronics. Kids love electronics these days, and you have to get your mind ready for bed,” Whitmore said.
When you wake up in the morning, Whitmore says having a good breakfast and eating healthy meals regularly promotes good sleep at night.
“You have to make sure the car has fuel. Just like you put gas in the car, you need to put gas in your body which is breakfast,” he said.
One of the biggest contributors Whitmore has been seeing contribute to poor sleep is too much caffeine.
Energy drink brands have come up with fun flavors that have become really popular with teenagers.
It may seem like one a day is harmless but they are packed with way more than your daily recommended amount of caffeine.
Whitmore says reaching for one first thing in the morning can actually impact your sleep at night.
“These caffeine drinks do stimulate our brain, caffeine is a stimulant, so it does effect your sleep,” he said. “A lot of those things can make a really big difference. We call it sleep hygiene.”
The good news is, if your kids prep for good sleep and get their recommended hours they shouldn’t need all that caffeine. A good night’s rest and a healthy diet will set you up for a good school year.
“Sleep is very important and making you feel better during the day, so when you’re at school you can focus during the day,” said Whitmore. “When you’re sleepy, you get tired, you lose focus and you miss things.”
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said Monday it received 24 complaints about the unpermitted structure over the weekend, including concerns about its structural safety and illumination.
The Elon Musk-owned company, which has been rebranded as X, had removed the Twitter sign and iconic blue bird logo from the building last week. That work was temporarily paused because the company did not have the necessary permits.
The city of San Francisco had opened a complaint and launched an investigation into the giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building as Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
Representatives for X did not immediately respond to a message for comment Monday.
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High prices ‘disproportionately pinching’ younger Americans, data shows
30% of Gen Z, 28% of millennials have no emergency savings
(InvestigateTV) — More than seven in 10 younger Americans are saving less because of inflation when compared to Gen X and baby boomers, a recent Bankrate.com survey found.
Sarah Foster is a principal writer for Bankrate.com. She said this is a time for younger Americans to be very mindful of how much they are spending and to hyper analyze their budgets.
Foster said the ultimate goal for Gen Z and millennials should be to make sure they are living within their means. She added there are several advantages to being young right now, especially when it comes to retirement contributions.
“Really the best way to gain wealth and beat inflation in the long run is to make sure that you’re holding a diverse portfolio of assets, including stocks,” Foster explained. “And so, we know that even if someone were to stop investing for three years because of inflation and they’re in their mid-twenties, they’d leave almost $200,000 on the table by the time they were 70.”
Foster said don’t stop retirement contributions during inflation. The amount can be reduced, but consistent contributions is key.
She said another reason younger Americans are being hit hard is they are early in their careers and haven’t reached their peak earnings.
Foster advised them to put any raises or extra money in savings or retirement accounts.
Bankrate has 11 tips for young Americans trying to reach financial goals during high inflation, including:
- Look for high-yield savings accounts that offer much better returns that traditional accounts
- Automate savings to build an emergency fund
- Wait 24 hours before any unnecessary purchases
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BOISE, Idaho (KTVX) – Lori Vallow Daybell, convicted of murdering her children, among other crimes, was sentenced to five life sentences in prison Monday with no possibility of parole. This sentencing brings closure to nearly four years of investigation and a trial.
Daybell, 49, was found guilty of murder, and conspiracy to commit murder of her children Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16. She was also convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Tammy Daybell, the former wife of her husband, Chad Daybell. Additionally, Lori was found guilty of grand theft.
Lori was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole, three of which will run consecutively, for her involvement in their murders and the conspiracy to commit murder. While many called for the death penalty, it was ruled out by a judge in March 2023 prior to her murder trial.
The case began in 2018 when Lori and Chad met at a religious conference in St. George. They became close friends, and even lovers, though both were married to other people. In July 2019, Lori’s husband Charles Vallow was killed by her brother, and it was declared self-defense, but later identified as a homicide.
Then in late-2019, Lori’s two children went missing — a case that captivated the United States. And while investigators were frantically searching for the kids, Lori and Chad were in Hawaii getting married.
Chad’s wife Tammy died a few weeks before Lori and Chad ran to Hawaii, but after the children went missing. Her death was originally ruled natural causes but later declared asphyxiation at the hands of another after her body was exhumed.
In February 2020, Lori was arrested on charges of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children. In April, Lori and Chad were both under investigation for conspiracy, attempted murder, and murder. They both pleaded not guilty.
During the final stages of the investigation leading up to their scheduled trials in January 2023, Tylee and JJ’s remains were found buried on Chad’s property.
Because of the large amount of evidence discovered, and the fact that Chad waived his right to a speedy trial, he will face his charges in April 2024. However, Lori did not waive her right to a speedy trial and appeared in court on April 2023, where she was found guilty on all charges.
Now, in July 2023, nearly four years after Lori’s children were murdered, she was sentenced to life in prison on all counts.
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Here's how hot and extreme summer 2023 has been, and it's only halfway over
At about summer's halfway point, the record-breaking heat and weather extremes are both unprecedented and unsurprising, hellish yet boring in some ways, scientists say.
Killer heat. Deadly floods. Smoke from wildfires that chokes.
And there’s no relief in sight.
Expect a hotter than normal August and September, American and European forecast centers predict.
A pedestrian carries an umbrella to shade himself from the sun during a heat wave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Friday, July 28, 2023. Heat advisories have been posted across the region from eastern Pennsylvania to Massachusetts as oppressive
"We are seeing unprecedented changes all over the world," said NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. "The heat waves that we’re seeing in the U.S. and in Europe, in China are demolishing records left, right and center. This is not a surprise."
Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto said examining what's causing heat waves is "boring" in a way since it keeps happening. Yet she added that it matters "because it shows again just how much climate change plays a role in what we are currently experiencing."
"This story, these impacts, are going to continue," Schmidt said. "We’re going to be seeing this pretty much this year and into next year" with a natural El Nino warming of the Pacific adding to the overwhelming influence of human-caused climate change largely from the burning of coal, oil and gas.
Here’s a rundown of the summer of Earth's discontent.
RECORD-SHATTERING HEAT
Globally, June this year was the hottest June on record — and scientists say July has been so hot that even before the month was over they could say it was the hottest month on record. But it’s individual places where people live that the heat has stuck around and killed.
Phoenix, where the last day of June and each day of July has been at least 110 degrees (43 degrees Celsius), set records for the longest mega-heat streak and longest stretch when the temperatures didn’t go below 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius) at night.
El Paso, Texas, had 44 days of 100 degree (37 degree) heat. Schools closed in Nuevo Leon state in northern Mexico a month earlier than usual as temperatures reached 113 degrees (45 Celsius).
Farther east, Miami added humidity to high heat for 46 straight days of feels-like temperatures of 100 or more.
Beijing had its own record streak with at least 27 days of 95 degrees (35 Celsius) in July, after a three-day streak of at least 104 (40 Celsius) in June. And the country set it’s all-time highest temperature on July 16 in remote Sanbao township with 126 degrees (52.2 Celsius).
Heat records fell all over southern Europe. Sardinia, Italy, hit 117 (47 Celsius). Palermo in Sicily broke a record that goes back to 1791 by a whopping 3.6 degrees (2 degrees Celsius). Temperatures hit 115 (46 Celsius) in Gytheio, Greece.
Spain reported nearly 1,000 excess deaths from the heat, mostly among the elderly, by mid July.
In Argentina, where it's mid-winter, temperatures were above 89.6 (32 Celsius) four straight days in June in the northern part of the county. One July night in Buenos Aires didn’t get below the 70s (low 20s Celsius).
TOO MUCH RAIN
More than 10,000 people had to be evacuated in central Hunan province in China where heavy rainfall caused at least 70 houses to collapse. In Yichang, rain triggered a landslide that buried a construction site and killed at least one person.
Australia’s Queensland outback got 13 times its normal monthly July rain in just one day.
Thousands of people were evacuated from Delhi in India as rains caused flash floods and landslides. Elsewhere in the country at least 100 people were killed by the downpours.
In the United States, sudden heavy rain killed people in Vermont, Connecticut and Pennsylvania with tragic stories of children washed away in flooding.
WILDFIRES AND SMOKE
Too little rain in Greece and Spain fed wildfires that proved difficult to fight. In the Canary Islands, a fire caused 4,000 people to evacuate, others to wear face masks and had 400 firefighters battling it.
Hot and dry conditions caused about 160 wildfires to break out in Israel in early June.
But what really brought fires home happened in parts of Canada where few people live. Rare far northern Quebec wildfires triggered nasty smoke that inflicted the world’s dirtiest air on cities like New York and Washington, then switched to the Midwest.
As of late July more than 600 wildfires were out of control in Canada. A record 47,490 square miles (123,000 square kilometers) burned, and fire season isn’t near done. That’s an area larger than the state of Pennsylvania or North Korea.
WATER TEMPERATURES
Water temperatures in the Florida Keys and off the Everglades hit the high 90s (high 30s Celsius) with Manatee Bay breaking 100 degrees twice in what could be an unofficial world record for surface water temperature, although that’s in dispute.
The North Atlantic had hot spots that alarmed scientists. The world’s oceans as a whole were their hottest ever in June and got even hotter in July. In Antarctica, sea ice smashed record-low levels.
Ocean temperatures take a long time to warm up and cool down, said University of Northern Illinois meteorology professor Victor Gensini. So it doesn’t look good for the rest of the summer, he said.
A HOT FORECAST
"We are favoring above normal temperatures for the next three months," said NOAA Climate Prediction Center meteorologist Matt Rosencrans.
The only potential relief he sees, especially in the hot Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, is if a hurricane or tropical storm moves through.
The peak of hurricane season in September hasn’t even started.
RELATED: July on track to be Earth's hottest month on record
When going through the litany of this summer's weather extremes so far, University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann had one question: "How on God’s Earth are we still burning fossil fuels after witnessing all this?"
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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $1.22 to $81.80 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for September delivery rose 57 cents to $85.56 a barrel.
Wholesale gasoline for August delivery fell 3 cents $2.93 a gallon. August heating oil rose 3 cents to $2.99 a gallon. September natural gas fell 1 cent to $2.63 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Gold for December delivery rose $9.30 to $2,009.20 an ounce. Silver for September delivery rose 47 cents to $24.97 an ounce and September copper rose 8 cents to $4.01 a pound.
The dollar rose to 142.29 Japanese yen from 141.00yen. The euro fell to $1.0999 from $1.1023.
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‘I’ll be able to walk again’: 6-year-old shot in road rage incident confident about her future
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) – A 6-year-old’s life may be changed forever after she was shot in the back during a road rage incident on July 10, but that’s not crushing the young girl’s spirit.
Onyx, 6, was in the car with her family when a road rage incident with a group of motorcyclists in Kentucky led to a shooting.
A bullet went through the girl’s back and she had to have emergency surgery.
Onyx has been recovering since and may never walk again. Being in a wheelchair is her new reality.
“I really liked going through the hallways to test it out,” Onyx said, talking about her wheelchair. “I wanted to do it again and then I did.”
The 6-year-old who just wants to dance and play is finding comfort in doing donuts in her wheelchair.
Onyx said she remembers leaving the park on July 10, getting in the car and the moment when she was shot.
“I remember getting carried into the hospital,” she recalled.
Those chain of events left Onyx’s mother, Chyna Sands, with the task of telling her daughter her new reality.
Sands said she told Onyx the bullet severed her back and she can’t use her legs like she used to – a conversation that is still setting in for the young girl.
She’s had to explain to Onyx that she must be in a wheelchair because she can’t walk.
But Onyx didn’t let this get her down too much. She said she is tired of people saying what she can’t do. To her, she has no doubt about what the future holds.
“I’ll be able to walk again, I know I will,” Onyx said with confidence. “I believe that I will be able to walk again.”
That mindset is what Sands says keeps her going.
As of right now, no one has been charged for the shooting which keeps Sands on edge.
“They want me to be patient, but I am out of patience,” Sands said. “I would like to see justice for an innocent 6-year-old who was minding her own business.”
While those responsible are out free, small things like getting into a car are now triggers of trauma.
“Because I got shot in the back, and I’m a little bit scared to get in the car because it brings back the memories,” Onyx said.
Hearing Onyx say that is a hard pill to swallow for a mother that loves to travel everywhere with her daughter.
“As her mom, I’m used to being her superhero,” Sands said. “I fix all of her problems and that’s something that I can’t fix.”
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Buttigieg touts progress in goal for half of new car sales to be electric vehicles
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Following an announcement of private investment plan for 30,000 new electric vehicle chargers across the United States, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said government investment has paved the way private companies to produce more electric cars.
“Federal investment to try and make up the difference where markets are still getting ready, and then the private sector, private industry, needs to do the rest,” Buttigieg said.
Leading global electric vehicle manufacturers, including Ford, General Motors and BMW have joined together to build 30,000 electric vehicle chargers across the country.
“When you fill up your gas car with gas you’re counting on private companies to set up for that,” Buttigieg said. “We really need private industry to play more of a roll in investing in and running these electric vehicle charging stations.”
The government has set aside $7.5 billion for states to create their own networks of EV chargers, but the Biden administration wants to guarantee things like price transparency, and guaranteeing a charger from one company works for another company’s vehicles.
“They are going to meet standards that we have set, and they’ll have to in order to qualify for federal support.”
Buttigieg said if the U.S. does not take the lead on electric vehicles, someone else will.
“There is a race, whether people realize it or not,” Buttigieg said. “Where in the middle of a heated race to win the future of electric vehicles.”
The federal money for EV charging networks comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A KXAN viewer said she saw baby foxes, also known as kits, playing on a trampoline in her garden Sunday in the north Austin, Texas, area.
That was only a couple of weeks after another viewer said she saw a family of foxes playing on the St. Edward’s University campus in Austin.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, it’s not unusual to see foxes in cities and towns, where food sources are easily found, including in your garbage.
While foxes live around the world in many different types of habitats, according to the Texas Wildlife Association, including the Arctic, the desert and even in trees, some foxes have also adapted to life in such urban environments as neighborhoods.
“Next time you are outside in a park, remember to look up, because if you are lucky, you might see a fox up in the trees,” TWA said.
TWA said three types of foxes live in Texas, including the swift fox, the red fox and the gray fox.
The swift, or kit fox, lives in the northwestern part of the state, the red fox inhabits the eastern and central parts, and the gray fox, the most common variety, can be found statewide, the TWA said.
The Humane Society said foxes are scared of people and are not typically dangerous except when they are rabid, which the society says is rare.
“Even then, a fox’s natural tendency is to flee rather than fight,” the Human Society stated.
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PHOENIX — Police are investigating a crash where someone was pushed into the street and hit by a vehicle in central Phoenix on Monday.
The incident happened near 5th Avenue and Bethany Home Road, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
Witnesses told police a pedestrian was pushed into oncoming traffic by a male suspect, police said.
The suspect fled the scene before officers arrived. The person hit by the car was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
No other information has been released.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Co-host Australia advances, knocking Canada out of the Women's World Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia - Haley Raso scored her first career Women’s World Cup goals at just the right time, with a first-half brace in Australia's 4-0 win over Canada in Monday's pivotal group-stage finale.
The Matildas, who also got goals from Mary Fowler and Steph Catley in the second half, clinched the top spot in Group B and a place in the round of 16 at the expense of the Olympic champion.
Australia needed a win to guarantee progression to the next round. The co-hosts secured a resounding win. Canada, needing to avoid defeat to avoid elimination, is out of the tournament after slipping from the lead to third place in the group behind Australia and Nigeria.
After missing two group-stage matches with a calf injury sustained on the eve of the tournament, Australia's star striker Sam Kerr was available and on the bench but did not play in the match. The closest she got to the pitch was carrying drinks for her teammates.
RELATED: Women’s World Cup: Australia, Zambia, Japan win their matches on Day 11 | July 31, 2023
In front of a vocal, pro-Australia crowd of 27,706 in Melbourne, Canada became the first reigning Olympic champion to be eliminated in group play in the subsequent Women’s World Cup.
Australia’s progression ensured this year’s Women’s World Cup would not be the first without a host nation in the knockout stage.
Key moments
Australia jumped out to an early lead in the ninth minute with Raso’s first goal: a shot from the back post off a cross from Catley. Initially ruled offside, the goal held up under VAR review, and Raso fell to her knees to celebrate.
The Matildas responded to a disallowed goal from Australia forward Mary Fowler – ruled offside by VAR in the 34th minute – when Raso poked in a failed clearance after Kyra Cooney-Cross’ corner, doubling Australia’s lead in the 39th.
RELATED: Despite lack of time together, USA expects more cohesive unit vs. Portugal
Off another left-wing cross from Catley, Fowler added Australia’s third goal in the 58th. She returned to the Matildas’ starting lineup after missing their upset 3-2 loss to Nigeria last week with a mild concussion.
After two assists, Catley scored in stoppage time, burying her second penalty kick of the tournament after Canada midfielder Jessie Fleming fouled Katrina Gorry at the edge of the area.
Canada forward Adriana Leon, who scored Canada’s clincher in a 2-1 win over Ireland, came off in the 64th minute with a head injury.
Why it matters
With its win over Canada and Nigeria’s 0-0 draw with Ireland, Australia finished first in Group B with six points. Nigeria finished second with five points.
The Matildas, as hosts, stay alive in a tournament that has seen record-breaking ticket sales, especially in Australia’s host cities and for the Matildas’ matches. Home fans will look to see if Kerr will make her tournament debut in the round of 16.
Co-host New Zealand’s 0-0 draw on Sunday with Switzerland eliminated the Football Ferns from knockout-round contention.
In their own words
"Proud, and privileged. These players, the way they performed tonight … and all the talk about Sam (Kerr). The way they went out and played the game, stayed true to who they are, the pressing game, the attacking game. To beat Canada, the Olympic champions, 4-nil, in a do-or-die game." — Tony Gustavsson, Australia coach.
"The reality is setting in that this is the end of our World Cup road, but all credit to Australia. They were the better team tonight, a magnificent crowd. I’ve got no criticism of my players." Bev Priestman, Canada coach.
WHAT’S NEXT Australia will face the second-place finisher in Group D in the round of 16 next in Sydney. Tuesday’s simultaneous matches between first-place England and China and Denmark against Haiti will determine Australia and Nigeria’s round of 16 opponents. The Australians have seven days to prepare for their next match, giving captain Kerr more time to fully recover.
Canada returns home unable to win medals in back-to-back tournaments. Canada forward Christine Sinclair, 40, the leading international goal-scorer with 190, finishes her World Cup campaign without a goal in Australia.
Cassidy Hettesheimer is a student at the University of Georgia's Carmical Sports Media Institute.
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Jury poised to deliberate death penalty or life sentence for gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury is set to deliberate whether to impose the death penalty or a sentence of life in prison without parole on a man who spewed antisemitic hate before fatally shooting 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community.
The same jurors who convicted 50-year-old Robert Bowers in June on 63 criminal counts listened to closing arguments Monday in the penalty phase of his federal trial, held nearly five years after the truck driver from suburban Baldwin perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.
Bowers defiled a place of worship when he entered the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, and opened fire with an AR-15 rifle, shooting everyone he could find in a mass murder clearly motivated by religious hatred, said U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan.
Bowers raved incessantly on social media about his hatred of Jewish people — using a slur for Jewish people some 400 times on a social media platform favored by the far right — and remains proud that he killed Jews, the prosecutor reminded jurors,
“Do not be numb to it. Remember what it means. This defendant targeted people solely because of the faith that they chose,” Olshan said.
He added: “This is a case that calls for the most severe punishment under the law: the death penalty.”
Bowers’ lead defense attorney, Judy Clarke, acknowledged the horror of his crimes but urged jurors to opt for a life sentence.
“What has happened cannot be undone. We can’t rewind the clock and make it that this senseless crime never happened. All we can do is make the right decision going forward. We are asking you to make the right decision, and that is life,” Clarke said in her closing argument.
A life sentence would mean that “prison is where Mr. Bowers will die in obscurity, not as a hero and not as a martyr,” she said.
Bowers’ attorneys have argued that he has schizophrenia, a serious brain disorder whose symptoms include delusions and hallucinations, and that Bowers attacked the synagogue out of a delusional belief that Jews were helping to bring about a genocide of white people by coming to the aid of refugees and immigrants. Clarke recounted Bowers’ history of psychiatric hospitalizations, including an extended stay in a residential juvenile mental health program.
The defense also presented evidence of Bowers’ difficult childhood.
Olshan disputed the defense experts’ diagnosis of schizophrenia, asserting that Bowers was not suffering psychosis but had chosen to believe white supremacist rhetoric. And while acknowledging that Bowers was a depressed, neglected child, Olshan downplayed the significance of it, noting that Bowers had held jobs, paid bills, and was an otherwise functioning adult.
“He was not a child, he was a grown man. He was responsible for his actions, not his family and things that happened decades earlier. He was, he is responsible for his actions,” Olshan said.
In order to impose death, jurors must find that aggravating circumstances, which make the crime especially heinous, outweigh mitigating factors that could be seen as diminishing his culpability. Those aggravating circumstances could include the vulnerability of Bowers’ elderly and disabled victims and his targeting of Jewish people.
Olshan played a composite of 911 calls made from inside the synagogue, including audio of people being shot and a survivor’s horrified screams.
He said Bowers had taken “11 people, 11 full lives, 11 people who loved their families, 11 people who loved their friends, 11 people who were loved. ... How do you measure the impact of all of that loss?”
The prosecutor spoke about 75-year-old Joyce Fienberg’s care for her family and 65-year-old Richard Gottfried’s devotion to his faith. He said Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, had the ethos of a country doctor: “He loved delivering babies but he never delivered judgment.” David Rosenthal, 54, and Cecil Rosenthal, 59, intellectually disabled brothers, “loved life,” Olshan said. “But maybe more than anything, they loved Tree of Life.”
The other deceased victims were Rose Mallinger, 97; Bernice Simon, 84, and her husband, Sylvan Simon, 86; Dan Stein, 71; Melvin Wax, 87; and Irving Younger, 69.
The attack also wounded seven people, including five responding police officers. Bowers was shot three times before surrendering when he ran out of ammunition.
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Rubinkam reported from northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Wall Street is closing out its latest winning month with another lift.
The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Monday to cap its fifth straight month of gains. It’s at a 16-month high after rallying on hopes cooling inflation will mean the economy can avoid a long-predicted recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq composite also finished higher.
Critics have said the rally has come too quickly. Several reports this week could back them up, including updates on the job market and profits at the market’s most influential companies.
On Monday:
The S&P 500 rose 6.73 points, or 0.1%, to 4,588.96.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 100.24 points, or 0.3%, to 35,559.53.
The Nasdaq composite rose 29.37 points, or 0.2%, to 14,346.02.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 21.64 points, or 1.1%, to 2,003.18.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 749.46 points, or 19.5%.
The Dow is up 2,412.28 points, or 7.3%.
The Nasdaq is up 3,879.54 points, or 37.1%.
The Russell 2000 is up 241.93 points, or 13.1%.
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MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On July 31, 2023, the Office of Public Health’s Operation Immunization will begin at 5:00 PM at the Ouachita Parish Health Unit at 1650 Desiard Street in Monroe, La.
They are expected to have around 100 volunteers, including VCOM medical school students and fraternity and sorority members meeting at Operation Immunization to put out 22,000 flags and yard signs to promote routine and scheduled vaccinations in Region 8 Northeast Louisiana.
Planned OPERATION IMMUNIZATION Flag Placement Locations:
- Ouachita Parish Health Unit
- Monroe City Hall
- Monroe Civic Center
- West Monroe Convention Center
- West Monroe City Hall
- West Monroe High School
- Bry Park/St Francis – Downtown Monroe
- ULM – along DeSiard
- VCOM campus
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Doctors concerned brain-eating amoeba infection could increase due to warmer water temperatures
PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) -- Some scientists predict brain-eating amoeba cases could grow since we’ve had record heat and water temperatures are increasing.
The amoeba, naegleria fowleri, can enter the body through the nose and travel to the brain, resulting in an infection. While cases are limited over the years, there have been multiple in Arizona at Lake Pleasant and Lake Mead.
Most recently in Nevada, a child died because of the disease.
Brain-eating amoeba is a microscopic parasite found in warm, fresh bodies of water like hot springs or lakes. You can’t get it by accidentally swallowing the water or through a cut. The only way to get infected is by getting it far up your nose by diving or cannonballing into a lake.
Although infection is rare, the disease has a 97% fatality rate since symptoms are common at first. The disease is usually only diagnosed when it’s in the late-stage and symptoms progress to more severe illness like hallucinations and seizures. By that point, it’s usually too late to treat the disease effectively.
There are only about 10 cases per year, but experts say because the amoebas live in warm, fresh bodies of water, they expect to see that number increase with rising temperatures.
Dr. Wassim Ballan, an infectious disease specialist at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, said there are concerns about cases rising, as well as a number of other infectious diseases.
“We are probably going to see a change in trends because of the climate changing and the temperatures rising,” Ballan said. “So there is a lot of concern in the infectious disease community about a lot of different infections, including amoebic infections becoming more common as the climate is warming.”
He also said parents who notice their child feeling unwell after a day of swimming should get them checked out right away. Early symptoms usually start five days after infection. They include sudden fever, headache, and stiff neck. Because the amoebas can only be deadly by entering through the nose, doctors recommend you not jump or dive into the water and instead hold your nose or wear nose clips. Or better yet, keep your head above water.
Digging in shallow water is also not advised since it stirs up the sediment where the amoeba live. It’s important to note there haven’t been any recent cases at Saguaro Lake. Since they started tracking the disease in 1962, there have been only 160 reported cases, so it’s infrequent. Still, Ballan said it isn’t worth the risk when prevention is so easy.
For more information on the naegleria fowleri, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website.
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Teen US cyclist Magnus White killed while training for world championship race
Magnus White, a rising American cyclist star, died after being hit by a car on Saturday while training for an upcoming race. He was 17 years old.
The accident occurred while White was on a bike ride near his home in Boulder, Colorado, USA Cycling announced in a statement Sunday.
The U.S. national team cyclist was on a final ride to prepare for the Junior Men’s Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in August in Glasgow, Scotland.
"We offer our heartfelt condolences to the White family, his teammates, friends, and the Boulder community during this incredibly difficult time. We ride for Magnus," USA Cycling wrote in an Instagram post.
White was a rising star winning the 2021 Junior 17-18 Cyclocross National Championships USA Cycling National Team for a full season of European Cyclocross racing and closed out the year at the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Championship in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA Cycling noted.
He then represented the U.S. and the Boulder community at another Cyclocross World Championships in January in the Netherlands.
White is survived by his parents, Michael and Jill, and his brother, Eero, the Associated Press reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.
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Man passes away after drowning at popular recreation spot in Southern Idaho
Published: Jul. 31, 2023 at 2:31 PM MDT|Updated: 22 minutes ago
SHOSHONE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — A man is dead after drowning in a popular recreation spot in Lincoln County.
The Twin Falls County Search and Rescue were called Sunday evening to assist the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at the Drops in Shoshone for a man who drowned.
Crews searched until midnight Sunday and resumed efforts Monday morning when water levels were reduced. With the assistance from Air St. Luke’s, they recovered the body.
The sheriff’s office wants to remind the public that the Drops is a dangerous area to swim especially if you don’t get out at the take-out point.
They remind people to use personal flotation devices in swift-moving water.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two pipeline operators have agreed to pay a $12.5 million civil penalty related to crude oil spills in Montana and North Dakota.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced the settlement in a 2022 federal court lawsuit. Belle Fourche Pipeline Company and Bridger Pipeline LLC will pay the $12.5 million to resolve the claims made under the Clean Water Act and Pipeline Safety Laws, EPA said. The affiliated companies own and operate oil pipelines in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming.
In 2015, Bridger’s Poplar Pipeline broke and spilled more than 50,000 gallons (about 190,000 liters) of crude into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana. Bridger has completed cleanup of the site, and in 2021 settled a lawsuit with federal and Montana authorities for $2 million.
In 2016, Belle Fourche’s Bicentennial Pipeline in Billings County, North Dakota, broke due to a landslide and spilled over 600,000 gallons (about 2.3 million liters) of oil, impacting an unnamed tributary, Ash Coulee Creek and the Little Missouri River. Belle Fourche’s cleanup is ongoing with oversight from North Dakota’s Department of Environmental Quality, according to EPA.
Belle Fourche also will pay the state’s past response costs, totaling over $98,000, according to court documents filed Monday.
“Oil pipeline spills can cause enormous and long-lasting damage to the environment,” Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Larry Starfield of EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance said in a statement. “This settlement holds Belle Fourche and Bridger Pipeline accountable for their significant oil spills and requires them to take meaningful measures to prevent future spills from their oil pipelines.”
The operators also are required to implement specified compliance measures, in addition to the civil penalty.
Belle Fourche and Bridger are owned by Wyoming-based True Companies, whose spokesman, when reached by email, did not have an immediate comment on the agreement.
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High prices ‘disproportionately pinching’ younger Americans, data shows
30% of Gen Z, 28% of millennials have no emergency savings
(InvestigateTV) — More than seven in 10 younger Americans are saving less because of inflation when compared to Gen X and baby boomers, a recent Bankrate.com survey found.
Sarah Foster is a principal writer for Bankrate.com. She said this is a time for younger Americans to be very mindful of how much they are spending and to hyper analyze their budgets.
Foster said the ultimate goal for Gen Z and millennials should be to make sure they are living within their means. She added there are several advantages to being young right now, especially when it comes to retirement contributions.
“Really the best way to gain wealth and beat inflation in the long run is to make sure that you’re holding a diverse portfolio of assets, including stocks,” Foster explained. “And so, we know that even if someone were to stop investing for three years because of inflation and they’re in their mid-twenties, they’d leave almost $200,000 on the table by the time they were 70.”
Foster said don’t stop retirement contributions during inflation. The amount can be reduced, but consistent contributions is key.
She said another reason younger Americans are being hit hard is they are early in their careers and haven’t reached their peak earnings.
Foster advised them to put any raises or extra money in savings or retirement accounts.
Bankrate has 11 tips for young Americans trying to reach financial goals during high inflation, including:
- Look for high-yield savings accounts that offer much better returns that traditional accounts
- Automate savings to build an emergency fund
- Wait 24 hours before any unnecessary purchases
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – Two United States senators had issues last week that’s prompting conversations about whether they are mentally and physically fit to serve and is leading some politicians to suggest the idea of mental competency tests.
During a committee yes or no vote, Senator Dianne Feinstein gave a wandering speech instead and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell froze mid-sentence and had to be escorted away from a press conference.
Democratic Senator Chris Coons says McConnell appears to be okay for now but both McConnell and Feinstein have had prior health scares.
“I feel like he’s going to be the Republican leader through the rest of this Congress, and what happens after that, I don’t know,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said.
Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley is suggesting testing to ensure people are fit to serve.
“We need to have term limits in Congress, and we need to have mental competency tests for anyone over the age of 75,” Haley said.
Members of Congress aren’t the only one’s she’s concerned about.
“When you go and you look at Biden, he was in the week before and he can’t say it,” Haley added. “When you go and see him falling asleep with leaders, that’s concerning. And I know when I was at the United Nations, leaders watch the health status of other leaders.”
But Asa Hutchinson, another Republican presidential candidate, dismissed the idea of mental competency tests outright.
“The tests are not constitutional. And so, it’s really something that’s a throwaway line that catches people’s attention,” Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson also said that determining whether politicians are fit to serve is up to the voters.
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New program aims to decrease teen accidents on the roads
BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for United States teens, and now a new tool is hoping to help keep all drivers safe on the roads.
It’s called ‘How’s My Teen Driver’ and was started by a group of citizens in the Boise area.
The idea came to one of the co-founders after he was almost struck by a teen driver.
Later that day, he saw a sign on the back of a semi-truck that said “How’s my Driving,” and he thought, why isn’t there anything like that for teen drivers?
Now, there is.
With a sticker that goes on the back of a teen driver’s car, anyone else on the road is able to let their parents or guardians know how they are driving.
“Sticker is on the back, it’s got a QR code, phone number and an email, whatever you want to do, it’ll push a notification to their parents right then and there, and the beauty is you don’t know who they are, they don’t know who you are, you can’t get ahold of the teen’s information, it’s all completely anonymous, but it allows for that community,” said Andrew Fullmer, the CEO of How’s My Teen Driver.
People are able to let their guardians know if they are driving too fast, or not stopping at red lights, and it will hopefully help keep kids safer with that accountability.
“It’s a two-sided coin, what it’s doing to the child, knowing that they could be told on at any given time, and more so the piece of mind that it’s giving the parents, that I can’t be with my child all the time, but all these other moms and dads that know what to look out for can watch out for my kid,” Fullmer said. He added, “and it literally says on the back of it, they are participating in How’s My Teen Driver, so it allows for you to let the parent know what’s going on at any given time.”
He says they don’t expect the kids to need the sticker for long, as once they have proven they are responsible and accountable, the parent can remove it.
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Twitter has reinstated Kanye West’s account after he was suspended eight months for a series of antisemitic posts.
West, whose legal name is now Ye, had not sent any new tweets as of Sunday afternoon.
The “All of the Lights” artist, 46, assured Twitter (now known as X) executives he would not make any more antisemitic or otherwise offensive posts, sources told the Wall Street Journal.
In exchange for the reinstatement, West will not be allowed to monetize his account, and no advertisements will appear next to his posts, according to the Journal. His account was given a gold verification checkmark.
After taking control of Twitter in October 2022, Elon Musk promised to reinstate banned accounts and described himself as a “free speech absolutist.”
West spread several antisemitic posts throughout 2022, including one in which he promised to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” That tweet was removed by Twitter moderators prior to Musk’s takeover.
Days later, Musk said he spoke with West and expressed his concerns about the post. But when West shared a photo of a Nazi swastika inside a Star of David, it was one step too far for Musk. West’s account was suspended on Dec. 2, 2022.
“I tried my best,” Musk told one user who asked about West. “Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”
While West was temporarily banned, Musk reinstated the accounts of other controversial figures, including former President Donald Trump and alleged human trafficker and misogynist influencer Andrew Tate. Despite his Twitter reinstatement, Trump has continued posting only on his own platform, Truth Social.
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‘I’ll be able to walk again’: 6-year-old shot in road rage incident confident about her future
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) – A 6-year-old’s life may be changed forever after she was shot in the back during a road rage incident on July 10, but that’s not crushing the young girl’s spirit.
Onyx, 6, was in the car with her family when a road rage incident with a group of motorcyclists in Kentucky led to a shooting.
A bullet went through the girl’s back and she had to have emergency surgery.
Onyx has been recovering since and may never walk again. Being in a wheelchair is her new reality.
“I really liked going through the hallways to test it out,” Onyx said, talking about her wheelchair. “I wanted to do it again and then I did.”
The 6-year-old who just wants to dance and play is finding comfort in doing donuts in her wheelchair.
Onyx said she remembers leaving the park on July 10, getting in the car and the moment when she was shot.
“I remember getting carried into the hospital,” she recalled.
Those chain of events left Onyx’s mother, Chyna Sands, with the task of telling her daughter her new reality.
Sands said she told Onyx the bullet severed her back and she can’t use her legs like she used to – a conversation that is still setting in for the young girl.
She’s had to explain to Onyx that she must be in a wheelchair because she can’t walk.
But Onyx didn’t let this get her down too much. She said she is tired of people saying what she can’t do. To her, she has no doubt about what the future holds.
“I’ll be able to walk again, I know I will,” Onyx said with confidence. “I believe that I will be able to walk again.”
That mindset is what Sands says keeps her going.
As of right now, no one has been charged for the shooting which keeps Sands on edge.
“They want me to be patient, but I am out of patience,” Sands said. “I would like to see justice for an innocent 6-year-old who was minding her own business.”
While those responsible are out free, small things like getting into a car are now triggers of trauma.
“Because I got shot in the back, and I’m a little bit scared to get in the car because it brings back the memories,” Onyx said.
Hearing Onyx say that is a hard pill to swallow for a mother that loves to travel everywhere with her daughter.
“As her mom, I’m used to being her superhero,” Sands said. “I fix all of her problems and that’s something that I can’t fix.”
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METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — With fans cheering New Orleans Saints players took the field in 95-degree heat on Monday, and for the start of the second week of training camp, the pads came on.
Head coach Dennis Allen addressed the media after practice, as did the following players: rookie Bryan Bresee, offensive lineman James Hurst, linebacker Zack Baun, defensive lineman Malcolm Roach, and former Tulane standout Nick Anderson.
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(KTLA) – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the discovery of a body inside a 55-gallon drum in Malibu Lagoon on Monday.
A park worker first saw the drum floating by the Pacific Coast Highway bridge Sunday night but didn’t think much of it at the time, a spokesperson for the L.A. County Fire Department told Nexstar’s KTLA.
When lifeguards arrived at work Monday morning, they saw the drum in the lagoon and tried to pull it out at which point they discovered the body inside, officials said.
No information about the victim was immediately known.
KTLA helicopter footage showed the black plastic drum standing upright in shallow water and the beach appeared to be closed for the investigation.
Late last spring, a body was found in a barrel in Nevada’s Lake Mead. Authorities said the body may have been there for four decades but have not yet identified the victim, despite identifying other bodies that appeared due to receding water levels.
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Officials hope weather cooperates for Hayden Fire suppression efforts
LEADORE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The Hayden Fire continues to burn, and is now mapped at 18,085 acres, but it is now 5% contained.
The fire began on July 19 and is in very difficult terrain in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
As the red flag warning continues, all 702 firefighters are working long hours to try to contain the fire as quickly as possible.
The fire team says the weather conditions have been less than optimal, but they are hopeful for a change as the week goes on.
“We’re expecting a real big uptick in relative humidity, like 40% and really cool temperatures for the highs in the low 70′s maybe even in the 60′s, so between our plan and the cooperation with the weather we are feeling really confident that the next few days we’re going to be able to reduce a lot of the smoke on the fire, get a lot of mop up done and continue to move forward,” said Austin Catlin, with the Great Basin Team 7.
There are fire restrictions in effect on the Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho Department of Lands and the Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction.
There are also closures in place to help protect the firefighters and the public’s safety.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A leading anti-abortion organization criticized Republican Ron DeSantis on Monday for not supporting a national ban on the procedure, calling the Florida governor’s position “unacceptable” as he seeks the GOP nomination for president.
The president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, an influential player in conservative politics, took issue with DeSantis’ statements in a recent interview in which he declined to back a national abortion ban. SBA President Marjorie Dannenfelser said the anti-abortion movement and Americans across the U.S. deserve a president who will “boldly advocate” for a ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy.
“A pro-life president has a duty to protect the lives of all Americans. He should be the National Defender of Life,” she said. “Gov. DeSantis’s dismissal of this task is unacceptable to prolife voters. A consensus is already formed. Intensity for it is palpable and measurable. There are many pressing legislative issues for which Congress does not have the votes at the moment, but that is not a reason for a strong leader to back away from the fight. This is where presidential leadership matters most.”
DeSantis’ campaign called the statement unjustified.
“Governor DeSantis delivers results and acts, especially when it comes to protecting life. He did so in Florida by signing the heartbeat bill and will be a pro-life president,” Press Secretary Bryan Griffin said. “He does not kowtow to DC interest groups. This unjustified attack on him is another example of the DC political games that have seen conservatives falter in Washington while Governor DeSantis has produced unmatched conservative victories in Florida.”
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America was responding to a recent interview in which Megyn Kelly asked DeSantis if he would support a national abortion ban. The U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, the roughly 50-year-old ruling that established a federal right to abortion. Susan B. Anthony has said it would not support any White House candidate in 2024 who did not at a minimum support a 15-week federal ban.
In the interview, DeSantis noted he signed legislation in Florida to ban abortion at six weeks of pregnancy but suggested that individual states should decide the issue. He said he is “pro-life” but added that he is “running on doing things that I know I can accomplish.”
Democrats say the Supreme Court’s decision and Republicans’ focus on restricting abortion rights have helped motivate voters to favor more liberal candidates, and the party believes it will be a major factor again in 2024. Abortion rights were on the ballot in six states in 2022, and in every contest voters opted to protect them. In the battleground state of Wisconsin, a liberal candidate who made abortion rights a centerpiece of her campaign won an April election for a seat on the state’s highest court.
A recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that the majority of U.S. adults want abortion to be legal at least through the initial stages of pregnancy. About two-thirds of Americans said abortion should generally be legal, but only about a quarter said it should always be legal and only about 1 in 10 said it should always be illegal.
About half of Americans say abortions should be permitted at the 15-week mark, though 55% of those living in states with the most restrictive laws say abortion should be banned by that point, the poll found.
The criticism from a powerful organization comes at a tenuous time for DeSantis, who is seen as the top rival to former President Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, but who has been running a distant second to Trump in public polling. DeSantis’ campaign has been working in recent weeks to improve his trajectory and reboot his campaign, including cutting staff.
He is not alone in drawing criticism from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, however. The group also was critical of Trump for not supporting the 15-week federal ban.
Trump has defended that position, noting he appointed the Supreme Court justices who made it possible for Roe v. Wade to be overturned. Trump also has said that Republicans’ focus on restricting abortion
Some other Republicans seeking the nomination support the national ban. Former Vice President Mike Pence said he would go further, endorsing a ban at six weeks of pregnancy, or before some women know they are pregnant.
He told The Associated Press that abortion should be banned when a pregnancy isn’t viable — a standard that would force women to carry pregnancies to term even when doctors have determined there is no chance a baby will survive outside the womb.
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Jury poised to deliberate death penalty or life sentence for gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury is set to deliberate whether to impose the death penalty or a sentence of life in prison without parole on a man who spewed antisemitic hate before fatally shooting 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community.
The same jurors who convicted 50-year-old Robert Bowers in June on 63 criminal counts listened to closing arguments Monday in the penalty phase of his federal trial, held nearly five years after the truck driver from suburban Baldwin perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.
Bowers defiled a place of worship when he entered the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, and opened fire with an AR-15 rifle, shooting everyone he could find in a mass murder clearly motivated by religious hatred, said U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan.
Bowers raved incessantly on social media about his hatred of Jewish people — using a slur for Jewish people some 400 times on a social media platform favored by the far right — and remains proud that he killed Jews, the prosecutor reminded jurors,
“Do not be numb to it. Remember what it means. This defendant targeted people solely because of the faith that they chose,” Olshan said.
He added: “This is a case that calls for the most severe punishment under the law: the death penalty.”
Bowers’ lead defense attorney, Judy Clarke, acknowledged the horror of his crimes but urged jurors to opt for a life sentence.
“What has happened cannot be undone. We can’t rewind the clock and make it that this senseless crime never happened. All we can do is make the right decision going forward. We are asking you to make the right decision, and that is life,” Clarke said in her closing argument.
A life sentence would mean that “prison is where Mr. Bowers will die in obscurity, not as a hero and not as a martyr,” she said.
Bowers’ attorneys have argued that he has schizophrenia, a serious brain disorder whose symptoms include delusions and hallucinations, and that Bowers attacked the synagogue out of a delusional belief that Jews were helping to bring about a genocide of white people by coming to the aid of refugees and immigrants. Clarke recounted Bowers’ history of psychiatric hospitalizations, including an extended stay in a residential juvenile mental health program.
The defense also presented evidence of Bowers’ difficult childhood.
Olshan disputed the defense experts’ diagnosis of schizophrenia, asserting that Bowers was not suffering psychosis but had chosen to believe white supremacist rhetoric. And while acknowledging that Bowers was a depressed, neglected child, Olshan downplayed the significance of it, noting that Bowers had held jobs, paid bills, and was an otherwise functioning adult.
“He was not a child, he was a grown man. He was responsible for his actions, not his family and things that happened decades earlier. He was, he is responsible for his actions,” Olshan said.
In order to impose death, jurors must find that aggravating circumstances, which make the crime especially heinous, outweigh mitigating factors that could be seen as diminishing his culpability. Those aggravating circumstances could include the vulnerability of Bowers’ elderly and disabled victims and his targeting of Jewish people.
Olshan played a composite of 911 calls made from inside the synagogue, including audio of people being shot and a survivor’s horrified screams.
He said Bowers had taken “11 people, 11 full lives, 11 people who loved their families, 11 people who loved their friends, 11 people who were loved. ... How do you measure the impact of all of that loss?”
The prosecutor spoke about 75-year-old Joyce Fienberg’s care for her family and 65-year-old Richard Gottfried’s devotion to his faith. He said Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, had the ethos of a country doctor: “He loved delivering babies but he never delivered judgment.” David Rosenthal, 54, and Cecil Rosenthal, 59, intellectually disabled brothers, “loved life,” Olshan said. “But maybe more than anything, they loved Tree of Life.”
The other deceased victims were Rose Mallinger, 97; Bernice Simon, 84, and her husband, Sylvan Simon, 86; Dan Stein, 71; Melvin Wax, 87; and Irving Younger, 69.
The attack also wounded seven people, including five responding police officers. Bowers was shot three times before surrendering when he ran out of ammunition.
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Rubinkam reported from northeastern Pennsylvania.
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PORT ANGELES, Washington (WJW) – An 8-year-old child was attacked by a cougar at Olympic National Park’s Lake Angeles on Saturday evening.
The child was with their family at Lake Angeles, south of Port Angeles, when the attack happened Saturday night, the National Park Service said Monday.
“The cougar casually abandoned its attack after being yelled and screamed at by the child’s mother,” NPS wrote in a news release. The child suffered only minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
Park officials then evacuated the remaining campers in the Lake Angeles area, closing the space and Heather Park to the public. Olympic National Park wildlife biologist Tom Kay said in a statement that the decision to close the Lake Angeles Trail, Heather Park Trail, Switchback Trail, and the entire Klahhane Ridge Trail was made “out of an abundance of caution.”
Early Sunday morning, park law enforcement and wildlife personnel who specialize in cougar tracking were dispatched to the last known location of the cougar at Lake Angeles, the park service reported. If located, the cougar will be euthanized and removed from the park for a necropsy.
“This may provide clues as to why the animal attacked since cougars are rarely seen and attacks on humans are extraordinarily rare,” park officials said. “Olympic National Park has extensive protocols in place for wildlife observations, interactions, and attacks and the lethal removal of this cougar is in line with these protocols.”
Because Olympic National Park is considered “cougar territory,” NPS recommends visitors be prepared for the encounter. They should not hike or jog alone, and children should remain near adults. Pets should also be left at home.
Should you encounter a cougar, you should remain calm and avoid running, according to wildlife experts. Do your best to appear as large as possible, continue watching the animal, and be loud. NPS also recommends throwing items like rocks or sticks at the cougar.
There have been no recent deaths caused by cougars in Olympic National Park, according to NPS data.
It’s not the first wildlife attack in the national parks this year, though.
Last week, a woman was found dead after an “apparent bear encounter” near Yellowstone National Park. Earlier this month, a woman in the park suffered “significant injuries” after being gored by a bison.
The park warns that between mid-July and mid-August, bison are in mating season and “can become agitated more quickly.”
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Mariners vs. Red Sox Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 31
Monday's contest features the Seattle Mariners (54-51) and the Boston Red Sox (56-49) clashing at T-Mobile Park in what is expected to be a tight matchup, with a projected 5-3 victory for the Mariners according to our computer prediction. Game time is at 9:40 PM ET on July 31.
The Mariners will call on George Kirby (9-8) versus the Red Sox and Nick Pivetta (7-5).
Mariners vs. Red Sox Game Info & Odds
- When: Monday, July 31, 2023 at 9:40 PM ET
- Where: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington
- How to Watch on TV: ROOT Sports NW
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Mariners vs. Red Sox Score Prediction
Our pick for this game is Mariners 5, Red Sox 4.
Total Prediction for Mariners vs. Red Sox
- Total Prediction: Over 7.5 runs
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Mariners Performance Insights
- In five games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Mariners have a record of 3-2.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Seattle and its opponents have combined to hit the over three times.
- Oddsmakers have not set a spread for any of the Mariners' last 10 games.
- The Mariners have won 36, or 53.7%, of the 67 games they've played as favorites this season.
- This season Seattle has won 29 of its 53 games, or 54.7%, when favored by at least -130 on the moneyline.
- The Mariners have a 56.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Seattle has scored the 16th-most runs in the majors this season with 475 (4.5 per game).
- The Mariners' 3.84 team ERA ranks fifth across all league pitching staffs.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama and ending months of politically fueled debate, according to senior U.S. officials.
The officials said Biden was convinced by the head of Space Command, Gen. James Dickinson, who argued that moving his headquarters now would jeopardize military readiness. Dickinson’s view, however, was in contrast to Air Force leadership, who studied the issue at length and determined that relocating to Huntsville, Alabama, was the right move.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the decision ahead of the announcement.
The president, they said, believes that keeping the command in Colorado Springs would avoid a disruption in readiness that the move would cause, particularly as the U.S. races to compete with China in space. And they said Biden firmly believes that maintaining stability will help the military be better able to respond in space over the next decade. Those factors, they said, outweighed what the president believed would be any minor benefits of moving to Alabama.
Biden’s decision is sure to enrage Alabama lawmakers and fuel accusations that abortion politics played a role in the choice. The location debate has become entangled in the ongoing battle between Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville and the Defense Department over the move to provide travel for troops seeking reproductive health care. Tuberville opposed the policy is blocking hundreds of military promotions in protest.
The U.S. officials said the abortion issue had no effect at all on Biden’s decision. And they said the president fully expected there would be different views on the matter within the Defense Department.
Formally created in August 2019, the command was temporarily based in Colorado, and Air Force and Space Force leaders initially recommended it stay there. In the final days of his presidency Donald Trump decided it should be based in Huntsville.
The change triggered a number of reviews.
Proponents of keeping the command in Colorado have argued that moving it to Huntsville and creating a new headquarters would set back its progress at a time it needs to move quickly to be positioned to match China’s military space rise. And Colorado Springs is also home to the Air Force Academy, which now graduates Space Force guardians, and more than 24 military space missions, including three Space Force bases.
Officials also argued that any new headquarters in Alabama would not be completed until sometime after 2030, forcing a lengthy transition.
Huntsville, however, scored higher than Colorado Springs in a Government Accountability Office assessment of potential locations and has long been a home to some of earliest missiles used in the nation’s space programs, including the Saturn V rocket. It is home to the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command.
According to officials, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, who ordered his own review of the matter, leaned toward Huntsville, while Dickinson was staunchly in favor of staying put. The officials said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin presented both options to Biden.
The decision was good news for Colorado lawmakers.
“For two and a half years we’ve known any objective analysis of this basing decision would reach the same conclusion we did, that Peterson Space Force Base is the best home for Space Command,” Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said in a statement. “Most importantly, this decision firmly rejects the idea that politics — instead of national security — should determine basing decisions central to our national security.”
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said the decision “restores integrity to the Pentagon’s basing process and sends a strong message that national security and the readiness of our Armed Forces drive our military decisions.”
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ATLANTA, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aaron's Company, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) today released its second quarter 2023 financial results. Complete financial results are available at investor.aarons.com. Highlights of those results are included below and in the attached supplement.
Second Quarter 2023 Consolidated Results1:
- Revenues were $530.4 million, a decrease of 13.1%
- Net earnings were $6.5 million, an increase of 222.0%; Non-GAAP net earnings2 were $12.2 million, a decrease of 50.6%
- Adjusted EBITDA2,3 was $42.4 million, a decrease of 17.0%
- Diluted EPS was $0.21; Non-GAAP diluted EPS2 was $0.39
- Write-offs were 5.4% in the Aaron's Business, an improvement of 30 basis points
- Reduced debt $36.1 million in the quarter and $124.3 million since the prior year quarter-end
- Updates 2023 full year outlook; lowers revenues, maintains adjusted EBITDA, and increases adjusted free cash flow
Second Quarter 2023 Key Items:
The Aaron's Company
- Earnings were ahead of internal expectations largely due to ongoing expense controls, despite lower revenues in both business segments
- Ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $38.4 million and debt of $186.1 million, resulting in a net debt2 reduction of $30.2 million in the quarter primarily due to strong cash provided by operating activities
Aaron's Business
- Earnings before income taxes were $30.8 million; adjusted EBITDA was $49.5 million, which exceeded internal expectations and increased 3.0% as compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to lower total operating expenses and lower write-offs
- Personnel and other operating expenses benefited from cost optimization initiatives and ongoing investments in technology platforms and marketing analytics
- Ended the quarter with 230 GenNext stores, 101 hubs, and 101 showrooms
- GenNext stores accounted for approximately 29% of lease revenues & fees and retail sales
- E-commerce revenues increased 5.5% as compared to the prior year quarter and represented 17.9% of lease revenues
BrandsMart
- Earnings before income taxes were $1.1 million; adjusted EBITDA was $4.5 million, which exceeded internal expectations despite lower revenues due to continued pressure on customer demand
- Began construction on first new BrandsMart store planned to open in Augusta, GA in Q4 2023
The Company will host an earnings conference call tomorrow, August 1, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET. Chief Executive Officer Douglas A. Lindsay will host the call along with President Steve Olsen and Chief Financial Officer C. Kelly Wall. A live audio webcast of the conference call and presentation slides may be accessed at investor.aarons.com and the hosting website at https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/457512107. A transcript of the webcast will also be available at investor.aarons.com.
About The Aaron's Company, Inc.
Headquartered in Atlanta, The Aaron's Company, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) is a leading, technology-enabled, omnichannel provider of lease-to-own and retail purchase solutions of appliances, electronics, furniture, and other home goods across its brands: Aaron's, BrandsMart U.S.A., BrandsMart Leasing, and Woodhaven. Aaron's offers a direct-to-consumer lease-to-own solution through its approximately 1,260 Company-operated and franchised stores in 47 states and Canada, as well as its e-commerce platform. BrandsMart U.S.A. is one of the leading appliance retailers in the country with ten retail stores in Florida and Georgia, as well as its e-commerce platform. BrandsMart Leasing offers lease-to-own solutions to customers of BrandsMart U.S.A. Woodhaven is the Company's furniture manufacturing division. For more information, visit investor.aarons.com, aarons.com, and brandsmartusa.com.
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How to Watch the Mariners vs. Red Sox Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 31
The Boston Red Sox and Triston Casas hit the field against J.P. Crawford and the Seattle Mariners on Monday at T-Mobile Park.
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Mariners vs. Red Sox Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Monday, July 31, 2023
- Time: 9:40 PM ET
- TV Channel: ROOT Sports NW
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Venue: T-Mobile Park
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Mariners Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Mariners rank 12th in MLB action with 125 total home runs.
- Seattle is 23rd in MLB with a .396 slugging percentage.
- The Mariners' .233 batting average ranks 26th in MLB.
- Seattle is the 16th-highest scoring team in MLB play, averaging 4.5 runs per game (475 total).
- The Mariners rank 24th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .312.
- Mariners hitters strike out 9.9 times per game, the 29th-most in the majors.
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by Seattle's pitching staff ranks seventh in MLB.
- Seattle has a 3.84 team ERA that ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Mariners have the second-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.192).
Mariners Probable Starting Pitcher
- George Kirby will look to grab his 10th victory when he makes the start for the Mariners, his 21st of the season. He is 9-8 with a 3.49 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 123 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty's most recent appearance came on Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins, when he threw four innings, surrendering five earned runs while giving up seven hits.
- Kirby is looking to record his 16th quality start of the season.
- Kirby is trying to pick up his 17th start of five or more innings this season in this matchup.
- In four of his 20 total appearances this season he has not allowed an earned run.
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DENVER (AP) — A Colorado teenager pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of attempting to support a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State group.
Davin Meyer, 18, sat handcuffed at his arraignment in a federal courtroom in Denver and didn’t say anything about the allegations. Earlier this month, Meyer was arrested when he tried to board a plane to Turkey, where prosecutors say he planned to become a fighter for IS.
David Kaplan, Meyer’s attorney, declined to comment on the case. The trial is not yet scheduled.
In November, after he turned 18, Meyer began communicating over the internet with someone he believed was an IS facilitator, and another who presented themselves as an ISIS travel facilitator, according to the arrest affidavit, but both were actually undercover informants.
In a previous court hearing, Meyer’s mother, Deanna Meyer, testified that her son wouldn’t have tried traveling to the Middle East if not for the support of people he met who shared his views, including the FBI informants.
This was in response to a judge’s question about whether her son — who was diagnosed with autism — understood the gravity of the situation, given his condition.
The prosecutor, assistant U.S. attorney Melissa Hindman, argued that the young man was already committed to radical Islam before the informants spoke with him.
During Monday’s hearing, prosecutors didn’t speak about the allegations and the U.S. Attorney’s office did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment after the hearing.
Deanna Meyer had reached out to law enforcement when Davin was 17 over concerns about his escalating “radical Islamic beliefs” and openly expressing violent intentions, according to court documents. The FBI was later notified, it said.
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that it will report its second quarter financial results on Thursday, August 3, 2023, after the close of the U.S. financial markets. The announcement will be followed by a conference call with the investment community at 1:30 p.m. PT. Participating in the call from Amgen will be Robert A. Bradway, chairman and chief executive officer, and other members of Amgen's senior management team.
Live audio of the conference call will be simultaneously broadcast over the internet and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public.
The webcast, as with other selected presentations regarding developments in Amgen's business given by management at certain investor and medical conferences, can be found on Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors. Information regarding presentation times, webcast availability and webcast links are noted on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
Amgen is one of the 30 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also part of the Nasdaq-100 index. In 2022, Amgen was named one of the "World's Best Employers" by Forbes and one of "America's 100 Most Sustainable Companies" by Barron's.
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Mariners vs. Red Sox: Odds, spread, over/under - July 31
On Monday, July 31 at 9:40 PM ET, the Seattle Mariners (54-51) host the Boston Red Sox (56-49) at T-Mobile Park. George Kirby will get the call for the Mariners, while Nick Pivetta will take the hill for the Red Sox.
The Red Sox are listed as +110 moneyline underdogs in this matchup with the favorite Mariners (-130). The matchup's total is set at 7.5 runs.
Mariners vs. Red Sox Time and TV Channel
- Date: Monday, July 31, 2023
- Time: 9:40 PM ET
- TV: ROOT Sports NW
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Venue: T-Mobile Park
- Probable Pitchers: Kirby - SEA (9-8, 3.49 ERA) vs Pivetta - BOS (7-5, 4.11 ERA)
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Mariners vs. Red Sox Betting Odds, Run Line and Total
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Plus, there are lots of other ways to bet, such as player props (will Julio Rodríguez get a hit?), parlays (combining picks from multiple games to multiply your winnings), and more. For more details on the many ways you can play, check out the BetMGM website and app.
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Mariners vs. Red Sox Betting Trends and Insights
- This season, the Mariners have been favored 67 times and won 36, or 53.7%, of those games.
- The Mariners have gone 29-24 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -130 or shorter (54.7% winning percentage).
- The implied probability of a win from Seattle, based on the moneyline, is 56.5%.
- The Mariners have a 3-2 record across the five games they were favored on the moneyline in their last 10 matchups.
- In its last 10 outings, Seattle and its opponents combined to hit the over on the total three times (all 10 games had set totals).
- The Red Sox have been victorious in 29, or 53.7%, of the 54 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This season, the Red Sox have been victorious 21 times in 33 chances when named as an underdog of at least +110 or worse on the moneyline.
- In three games as an underdog over the last 10 matchups, Boston has a perfect record of 3-0.
- In the last 10 games with a total, Boston and its opponents have failed to hit the over eight times.
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This mid-July, the Ukrainian much heralded counteroffensive is facing stiff resistance from Russian forces. David vs Goliath. A country is fighting for its national survival and values, not unlike our own struggle for independence back in the 18th century.
Yet some of our politicians from both parties in the U.S. Congress are questioning the American commitment to helping Ukraine. I am old enough to recall the same hesitancy when it came to the Nazi military expansion in Europe in the late 1930s, much fueled by xenophobia and anti-Semitism among many Americans. To quote the legendary Yogi Berra, “deja vu all over again”! Pearl Harbor in 1941 changed everything. We did win World War II, and the result is a safer, freer and more prosperous world for us all. It required much sacrifice, in people and money, and a concerted effort by allied nations (then, including the USSR).
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro has stood out for years with her colorful clothing and hairstyle, but it took one of her six grandchildren to finally convince the 80-year-old lawmaker to complement her fashion-forward look with a tattoo.
The Democrat revealed in a statement Monday that she and her granddaughter, who is now old enough to legally get a tattoo in Connecticut, got inked together.
“For her 18th birthday, my granddaughter wanted to get a tattoo with me. So, we went together,” DeLauro said. “She’s off to college in the fall, and this strengthens our bond.”
The design of the tattoo on her left upper arm is personal for DeLauro. It depicts a rose, which represents her name Rosa. The petal in the center of flower forms the letter “D” to represent her last name, and the bottom left of the rose has a stylized version of Italy, an homage to the country where her father immigrated from, said Daniel Robillard, her press assistant.
DeLauro is far from the first member of Congress to sport body art. Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s nine tattoos were often mentioned when he ran in 2022.
The dean of Connecticut’s congressional delegation, DeLauro has represented the state’s 3rd Congressional District in the New Haven area since 1991. She now serves as ranking member of the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees federal investments in education, health, and employment.
This is DeLauro’s first tattoo, Robillard said, but it likely won’t be her last.
“I have four more grandkids who still haven’t turned 18 yet,” DeLauro said. “So be on the lookout for more new ink!”
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RYE BROOK, N.Y., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Belle Haven Investments is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work® for the second year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Belle Haven Investments. This year, 93% of employees said it's a great place To Work – 36 points higher than the average U.S. company.
Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.
"Great Place To Work Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience," says Sarah Lewis-Kulin, the Vice President of Global Recognition at Great Place To Work. She emphasizes that Certification is the sole official recognition earned by the real-time feedback of employees regarding their company culture. "By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that Belle Haven Investments stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees."
Matt Dalton, CEO & CIO, expressed his excitement emphasizing "We owe the Firm's continued success to our dedicated and awesome employees. We celebrate and thank them for all they do to earn this incredible recognition."
About Belle Haven Investments
Belle Haven Investments is an independent, employee-owned asset manager that focuses exclusively on fixed income. They prioritize service, reliability, and customization, nurturing long-term partnerships with their clients. Their core values - trust and communication - permeate both external client relationships and internal team dynamics. The autonomy given to employees fosters trust, driving them to deliver their best work daily. To learn more, visit: https://www.bellehaven.com/
About Great Place to Work Certification™
Great Place To Work® Certification™ is the most definitive "employer-of-choice" recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place To Work-Certified.
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That's worth mentioning because it's no longer something you can just assume. Artificial intelligence that can mimic conversation, whether written or spoken, has been in the news a lot this year, delighting some members of the public while worrying educators, politicians, the World Health Organization, and even some of the people developing AI technology.
Misuse of AI is part of what actors and writers are striking about in Hollywood, and the threat of AI is something Hollywood was imagining long before it was real.
In 1968, for instance, the year before humans first set foot on the moon — and a time when astronauts still used pencils and slide rules to calculate re-entry trajectories because their space capsules had less computing power than a digital watch has today — Stanley Kubrick introduced movie audiences to a sentient HAL-9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
HAL (for Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer) introduced itself early in the film by saying, "No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error."
'Open the pod bay door, HAL'
So why was HAL acting so strangely? He (it?) was responsible for maintaining all aspects of a months-long space flight, ferrying astronauts to the moons of Jupiter. Programmed to run the mission flawlessly, the computer's behavior had become alarming, and two of the astronauts had decided to shut down some of its functions. Their plan was short-circuited when HAL, lip-reading a conversation they'd managed to keep him from hearing, cast one of them adrift while he was outside the ship repairing an antenna and refused to let the other back on board.
"Open the pod bay door, HAL" became one of the most quoted film lines of the decade when the computer responded, "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it."
It's hard to articulate what a genuine shock this was for 1960s movie audiences. There'd been films with, say, robots causing havoc, but they were generally robots doing someone else's bidding. Movie robots, at that point, were about brawn, not brain.
And anyway, malevolent robot stories were precisely the sort of B-movie silliness Kubrick was trying to avoid. So his intelligent machine simply observed (with an unblinking red eye) and, when addressed directly, spoke with a calm, modulated voice, not unlike the one that would be adopted four decades later by Siri and Alexa.
Darwin Among the Machines
Earlier literary notions of "artificial" intelligence — and there were not a lot of them at that point — hadn't really caught the public's imagination. Samuel Butler's 1863 article Darwin Among the Machines, is generally thought to be the origin of this species of writing, and it mostly just notes that while humankind invented machines to assist us — and remember, a really sophisticated machine in 1863 was the steam locomotive — we were increasingly assisting them: tending, fueling, repairing.
Over tens of thousands of years, Butler wondered, might humans not evolve in much the same way Darwin's study of natural selection had just established the rest of the plant and animal kingdoms do, to the point that we would become dependent on our devices?
But even when he incorporated that idea a decade later into a satirical novel called Erewhon, expounding for several chapters on self-replicating machines, Butler barely touched on the notion that those machines would develop consciousness. And neither did the influential 19th-century science fiction writers who followed him. H.G. Wells and Jules Verne invented plenty of unorthodox devices as they sent characters to the center of the Earth, and into space and the recesses of time, without ever considering that those devices might want to do things on their own.
The term "artificial intelligence" wasn't even coined (by American computer scientist John McCarthy) until about a dozen years before Kubrick made his Space Odyssey. But HAL made an impression on the public where scientists had not. Within just a couple of years, movie computers didn't just want spaceship domination; in Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), they wanted to take over the world.
Malignant machines gone viral
And then this notion of technology-run-wild, ran wild. A high school student played by Matthew Broderick nearly started World War III in WarGames (1983) when he thought he was hacking a computer company's website but accidentally challenged the Pentagon's defense network to a quick game of "global thermonuclear war." The problem, it soon became clear, was that no one told the defense network they were just "playing."
Elsewhere, mechanical men stopped being all-brawn and got a new dispensation to think for themselves, something fiction had granted them before Hollywood got around to it.
In the 1940s, sci-fi novelist Isaac Asimov came up with "Three Laws of Robotics" that would theoretically keep "independent" machines in line. When Asimov's story I, Robot, was turned into a film a half-century or so later, those laws should have reassured Will Smith as he stared down thousands of bots. But he had good reason to be skeptical; he was fighting a robot rebellion.
The Terminator movies effectively put all these themes on steroids — cyborgs in the service of a computerized, sentient, civil-defense network called Skynet, designed to function without any human input. A "Nuclear Fire" and three billion human deaths later, what was left of humanity was engaged in a war against the machines that has so far consumed six films, a TV series, a pair of web series, and innumerable games.
And nuclear blasts weren't necessary to make machine intelligence alarming, a fact cyberpunk-noir established definitively in Blade Runner with its "replicants," and in a Matrix series that reduced all of humanity to a mere power source for machines.
Hollywood's still fighting that vision. Who knows what "The Entity" wants in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (presumably we'll find out next year in Part Two), but whatever it is, it won't bode well for humanity.
Hollywood concentrates on exploiting our fears — in the late 20th century, we worried about ceding control to technology. In the 21st century, we worry about losing control of technology.
It seems not to have occurred to Tinseltown that AI might do the things it's actually doing — make social media dangerous, or make undergrad writing courses unteachable, or screw up relationships by auto-completing incorrectly. None of those are terribly cinematic, so Hollywood concentrates on exploiting our fears — in the late 20th century, we worried about ceding control to technology. In the 21st century, we worry about losing control of technology.
Bring on the droids
Have there also been friendlier film visions of AI? Sure. George Lucas came up with lovable droids R2-D2 and C-3PO for Star Wars, and Pixar gave us Wall-E, a bot who was pluckily determined to clean up an entire planet we'd despoiled.
Spike Jonze's drama Her imagined a sentient, Siri-like personal assistant as a digital girlfriend. Star Trek's Data was not just a Next Generation android version of Mr. Spock, but also a sort of emotion-challenged Pinocchio.
And another Pinocchio — this one fashioned to stand the test of time — would have been Stanley Kubrick's own answer to the question he'd posed with HAL in 1968.
Kubrick labored for decades to hone the script for A.I. Artificial Intelligence, then just two years before he died, handed the project off to Steven Spielberg — the story of David, a robot child who has been programmed to love, and who ends up going beyond that programming.
"Until you were born," William Hurt's Professor Hobby told the bionic child he'd modeled on his own son, "robots didn't dream, robots didn't desire unless we told them what to want." The miracle, he went on, was that though David was engineered rather than born, he shared with humans "the ability to chase down our dreams...something no machine has ever done, until you."
That may not have been enough to make David a real boy, but it put a gentle face on what is perhaps our greatest fear about AI – that we are mortal, and it is not.
In the film, David outlives all of humanity, never growing up, never changing. And perhaps because he was played by Haley Joel Osment, or perhaps because Spielberg was calling the shots, or perhaps because the music swelled ... just so — it didn't feel the least bit threatening.
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Engineering camp instructor David Cartwright reconnects a battery-powered bristle bot for John Auville (right) as Nolan Clemente (left) and Ethan Adkins (center) play with their creations on a table this week at the University of Charleston.
Samuel Eckley inflates a balloon on his balloon-powered car, one of the experiments children attending the Builders Lab camp at the University of Charleston conducted this week.
Engineering camp instructor David Cartwright reconnects a battery-powered bristle bot for John Auville (right) as Nolan Clemente (left) and Ethan Adkins (center) play with their creations on a table this week at the University of Charleston.
Samuel Eckley inflates a balloon on his balloon-powered car, one of the experiments children attending the Builders Lab camp at the University of Charleston conducted this week.
Youth across West Virginia have been doing more than sleeping in and playing on their phones this summer thanks to a series of weeklong camps that have given them hands-on experience with various scientific concepts.
A collaboration between National Youth Science Academy and West Virginia Science Adventures, STEAM Adventure Day Camps have been held at locations around the state. This week, the camp was on the campus of the University of Charleston.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief on Monday welcomed Kenya’s offer to “positively consider” leading a multinational police force to help combat Haiti’s gangs and improve security in the violence-wracked Caribbean nation.
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry sent an urgent appeal last October for “the immediate deployment of a specialized armed force, in sufficient quantity” to stop the gangs. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has been appealing unsuccessfully since then for a lead nation to help restore order to Latin America’s most impoverished country.
Kenya’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday said its offer includes a commitment to send 1,000 police to help train and assist the Haitian National Police “restore normalcy in the country and protect strategic installations.” The ministry said it was responding to a request from the Friends of Haiti group of nations.
“Kenya stands with persons of African descent across the world, including those in the Caribbean, and aligns with the African Union’s diaspora policy and our own commitment to Pan Africanism, and in this case to `reclaiming of the Atlantic crossing,’” the ministry said.
Haiti’s gangs have grown in power since the July 7, 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and are now estimated to control up to 80% of the capital. The surge in killings, rapes and kidnappings has led to a violent uprising by civilian vigilante groups.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Guterres “welcomes Kenya’s positive response to his call” and expresses gratitude to Kenya for its “solidarity.”
The secretary-general calls on the U.N. Security Council to support a non-U.N. multinational operation in Haiti “and encourages member states, particularly from the region, to join forces from Kenya” in supporting the country’s police, Haq said.
Kenya’s Foreign Ministry said its proposed deployment will crystalize once the Security Council adopts a resolution giving a mandate for the force, and other Kenyan constitutional processes are undertaken.
A Kenyan task force plans to undertake an assessment mission to Haiti within the next few weeks which “will inform and guide the mandate and operational requirements of the mission,” it said.
Guterres, who visited Haiti in early July, called afterward for a robust international force to help the Haitian National Police “defeat and dismantle the gangs.”
He said the estimate by the U.N. independent expert for Haiti, William O’Neill, that up to 2,000 additional anti-gang police officers are needed is no exaggeration. O’Neill, who concluded a 10-day trip to Haiti in July, is an American lawyer who has been working on Haiti for over 30 years and helped establish the Haitian National Police in 1995.
The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on July 14 asking Guterres to come up with “a full range of options” within 30 days to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs, including a non-U.N. multinational force, a possible U.N. peacekeeping force, additional training for the Haitian National Police and providing support to combat illegal arms trafficking to the country.
Compounding the gang warfare, which has spread outside the capital, is the country’s political crisis: Haiti was stripped of all democratically elected institutions when the terms of the country’s remaining 10 senators expired in early January.
The Security Council resolution, co-sponsored by the United States and Ecuador, “strongly urges” all countries to prohibit the supply, sale or transfer of weapons to anyone supporting gang violence and criminal activities.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday including about Kenya’s positive consideration to leading a multinational force in Haiti, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
The United States takes over the rotating presidency of the U.N. Security Council for August on Tuesday, and Miller said the U.S. and Ecuador, as a first step, are going to introduce a resolution to authorize a non-U.N. multinational mission.
The second step is an assessment mission by Kenya, “which they plan to do in the coming days,” and then there will be talks with other countries about what additional assistance is needed, he said.
“We are committed to finding the resources to support this multinational force,” Miller said. “We’ve been a large humanitarian donor to relief efforts in Haiti for some time, and we have worked behind the scenes to find the lead nation to run this multinational force and are pleased that that has been successful.”
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida is seeing a rise in leprosy cases that could mean the disease has become endemic in the Sunshine State, according to a letter published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The letter, which was published in mid-July, said while leprosy is historically uncommon in the United States, cases more than doubled in the South over the last 10 years.
Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s Disease, is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae and is characterized by discolored patches of skin, ulcers, lumps and damage to the nerves.
The CDC said if untreated, the disease can progress to paralysis, blindness, the loss of one’s eyebrows, physical disfigurement, and even the “shortening of toes and fingers due to reabsorption.”
The Florida Department of Health said the disease first appeared in the state in 1921. The National Hansen’s Disease Program found that 159 cases of leprosy were reported in 2020. Florida was at the top of the list of states with the most new cases.
According to the Florida Health Charts, the state had 26 reported cases in 2019, 27 in 2020, and 14 in 2021.
“Central Florida, in particular, accounted for 81% of cases reported in Florida and almost one-fifth of nationally reported cases,” the letter said. “Whereas leprosy in the United States previously affected persons who had immigrated from leprosy-endemic areas, [about] 34% of new case-patients during 2015–2020 appeared to have locally acquired the disease.”
A disease becomes endemic when it occurs regularly within a certain community or area.
The CDC letter said multiple cases showed no sign of animal-to-human transmission or “traditionally known risk factors.”
One patient, a 54-year-old man in Central Florida, was treated at a dermatology clinic for a progressive rash caused by leprosy.
When asked, the man said he had lived in Central Florida his whole life, did not travel domestically or internationally, had no exposure to armadillos (which can carry the disease), had no contact with immigrants with endemic leprosy, and had no connection to someone with the disease.
Experts said there was some support for the theory that an increase in migration from other countries to the United States may have caused the disease to enter non-endemic areas. However, while leprosy cases are increasing in the U.S., the rate of new cases in people born outside of the U.S. had been on a decline since 2002.
“This information suggests that leprosy has become an endemic disease process in Florida, warranting further research into other methods of [local] transmission,” the letter said.
In the state of Florida, medical practitioners must report leprosy by the next business day so contact tracing can be done and reduce further infections.
“In our case, contact tracing was done by the National Hansen’s Disease Program and revealed no associated risk factors, including travel, zoonotic exposure, occupational association, or personal contacts,” the letter said. “The absence of traditional risk factors in many recent cases of leprosy in Florida, coupled with the high proportion of residents, like our patient, who spend a great deal of time outdoors, supports the investigation into environmental reservoirs as a potential source of transmission.”
The CDC said travel to Florida must now be considered when conducting contact tracing for leprosy in any state.
Leprosy, when contracted, can be treated by a combination of different antibiotics to prevent it from developing resistance to the medication, according to the CDC. Leprosy can be cured after one or two years of treatment.
However, even when cured, any nerve damage and disfigurement caused by the disease will be permanent.
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- VOXZOGO® Growth Continued in the Second Quarter Driven by Global Demand Resulting in Increased Full Year 2023 Guidance
- Pivotal Program with VOXZOGO in New, Potential Second Indication, Hypochondroplasia, to Begin in the Fourth Quarter of 2023
- U.S. Approval of ROCTAVIAN™ Received in the Second Quarter and Commercial Launch Underway; Commercial Launch in Europe Making Progress
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) today announced financial results for the six months and second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
"Outstanding execution across our business led to record revenues in the first half of 2023. We reached more children with VOXZOGO around the world, as physicians and families sought treatment with the only approved medicine targeting the genetic cause of achondroplasia," said Jean-Jacques Bienaimé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BioMarin. "We were also very pleased to have received the highly anticipated U.S. approval of ROCTAVIAN, the only gene therapy treatment for severe hemophilia A. U.S. commercial launch activities are well underway following the June 29 approval, in parallel with launch progress across a number of European countries."
Mr. Bienaimé added, "for the remainder of 2023, we plan to build on the foundation of growth and profitability achieved in the first half of the year, expand VOXZOGO globally and treat the first ROCTAVIAN patients in the U.S. and Europe."
Financial Highlights:
- Total Revenues for the second quarter of 2023 were $595.3 million, an increase of 12% compared to the same period in 2022. The increase in Total Revenues was primarily attributed to the following:
- GAAP and Non-GAAP Net Income increased by $28.3 million and $28.4 million, respectively, for the second quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. The increased net income was primarily due to higher gross profit and interest income, partially offset by higher spend in research and development programs to support both early-stage research and clinical activities, as well as higher selling, general and administrative expenses due to higher foreign currency losses and to support the commercial launches of VOXZOGO and ROCTAVIAN.
Recent Product Approvals and Launches (ROCTAVIAN and VOXZOGO)
- On June 29, 2023 the FDA approved ROCTAVIAN gene therapy for the treatment of adults with severe hemophilia A (congenital factor VIII (FVIII) deficiency with FVIII activity < 1 IU/dL) without antibodies to adeno-associated virus serotype 5 (AAV5) detected by an FDA-approved test. The FDA approval is based on data from the global Phase 3 GENEr8-1 study, the largest Phase 3 trial of any gene therapy in hemophilia. The one-time, single-dose infusion is the first approved gene therapy for severe hemophilia A in the U.S. ROCTAVIAN was first conditionally approved by the European Commission in August 2022.
Following FDA approval, the Company activated its U.S.-based salesforce and communicated that ROCTAVIAN is expected to be available for commercial use in August. BioMarin estimates that there are approximately 2,500 people living with severe hemophilia A in the United States who are eligible for treatment and receiving care at approximately 140 hemophilia treatment centers. - In Europe, BioMarin continues to make progress on the pricing and reimbursement process for ROCTAVIAN in Germany, France and Italy to facilitate access. BioMarin is working directly with the German National Association of Statuary Health Insurance Funds (GKV) to finalize access to ROCTAVIAN. At present, people in Germany with severe hemophilia A, who are eligible for treatment with ROCTAVIAN, can access treatment through either Named Patient authorizations or previously secured Outcomes Based Agreements. In France and Italy, BioMarin is working directly with the single public insurance funds in each country to secure reimbursement and access to ROCTAVIAN, expected later in 2023.
- As of the end of June 2023, more than 2,000 children with achondroplasia were being treated with VOXZOGO across 36 active markets. In the second quarter, patient growth remained strong worldwide. Based on these trends, today BioMarin updated full-year 2023 VOXZOGO guidance to between $400 million and $440 million. VOXZOGO is currently approved for the treatment of children 2 years old and older in Europe, for children 5 years old and older in the U.S., and approved for all ages from birth in Japan.
VOXZOGO and ROCTAVIAN Market Expansion Opportunities
- Today, BioMarin announced its plan to begin enrollment in the pivotal program with VOXZOGO for the treatment of children with hypochondroplasia, a condition characterized by impaired bone growth. Hypochondroplasia is a genetic statural condition caused by a mutation (gene change) in the fibroblast growth factor receptor-3 (FGFR3) gene.
Leveraging years of safety data from the VOXZOGO development program in achondroplasia, emerging data from an investigator-led Phase 2 study and following receipt of feedback from FDA, BioMarin plans to begin the 6-month observation arm of the study later this year, followed by the 52-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase of the 80-participant clinical trial. If successful, BioMarin believes this study will be able to support regulatory approval in this large indication. - In the coming months in the U.S. and Europe, the Company expects to learn the outcome of its request to expand VOXZOGO access to younger age groups, based on favorable results from a Phase 2 study in infants and young children and the importance of starting treatment as early as feasible. Age expansions would provide access to treatment with VOXZOGO to more than 1,000 additional children in the U.S. and Europe.
- Additional product expansion opportunities with ROCTAVIAN continue, including a clinical study investigating ROCTAVIAN treatment in those with active or prior inhibitors and continued exploration of methods of administering ROCTAVIAN in people with pre-existing antibodies against AAV5.
Earlier-stage Development Portfolio (BMN 255, BMN 331, BMN 351, BMN 349, BMN 293)
- BioMarin plans to showcase its Research and Development capabilities and earlier-stage product candidate updates at its R&D Day on September 12, 2023. Details on accessing the live event will be available on BioMarin's website in early September.
- BMN 255 for hyperoxaluria in chronic liver disease: The Company has concluded the multi-ascending dose study with BMN 255 in healthy human volunteers. Based on early data demonstrating a rapid and potent increase in plasma glycolate following treatment with BMN 255, BioMarin plans to open enrollment in an expanded study in patients with chronic liver disease and hyperoxaluria in the second half of 2023. The Company believes the availability of a potent, orally bioavailable, small molecule like BMN 255 may be able to significantly reduce disease and treatment burden in a patient population with significant unmet need.
- BMN 331 gene therapy product candidate for Hereditary Angioedema (HAE): Dosing continues in the Phase 1/2 HAERMONY study to evaluate BMN 331, an investigational AAV5-mediated gene therapy for people living with HAE. In January 2023, BioMarin shared that the first participant treated with the 6e13vg/kg dose demonstrated C1-Inhibitor levels that were approaching the therapeutically relevant range. In March 2023, the second sentinel participant was safely dosed at 6e13vg/kg and this individual has had a similar initial response. BioMarin will continue to monitor the trajectory of expression in these two individuals before deciding on next steps in this program.
- BMN 351 for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD): Investigational New Drug application (IND)-enabling activities continue with BMN 351, an antisense oligonucleotide therapy for individuals with exon 51-skip-amenable DMD. BMN 351 was developed using familiar chemistry and superior biology, by targeting a novel, splice enhancer site demonstrating improved binding affinity and tolerability in preclinical models. Preclinical data suggest that restored expression of near-full-length dystrophin protein at levels of up to 40% will convert phenotypes from rapid loss to durable preservation of strength and ambulation.
- BMN 349 for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: Preclinical studies have demonstrated that BMN 349 is an orally bioavailable, small molecule that preferentially sequesters mutant protein, preventing polymerization in liver cells that drive the progressive liver disease form of the illness. In preclinical studies BMN 349 is titratable to effect, with rapid onset and high potency. Preclinical results have strong implications for potential improvement of current management, particularly for severe liver disease requiring rapid action. IND enabling studies are concluding and BioMarin plans to submit the IND in the second half of 2023.
- BMN 293 for MYBPC3 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM): Mutations in the MYBPC3 gene are the most common cause of inherited HCM. Early investigations suggest that gene therapy-mediated gene transfer can lead to widespread expression of the gene product, cardiac myosin-binding protein C (MyBP-C), in cardiac tissue, which can normalize cardiac hypertrophy, improve relaxation kinetics and potentially alleviate functional deficits in individuals suffering from cardiomyopathy. IND enabling studies are underway and have incorporated pre-IND feedback from the FDA. BioMarin's goal is to submit an IND for BMN 293 in the second half of 2023.
2023 Full-Year Financial Guidance (in millions, except % and EPS amounts) (Updated)
BioMarin will host a conference call and webcast to discuss second quarter 2023 financial results today, Monday, July 31, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. ET. This event can be accessed through this link or on the investor section of the BioMarin website at www.biomarin.com.
About BioMarin
Founded in 1997, BioMarin is a global biotechnology company dedicated to transforming lives through genetic discovery. The Company develops and commercializes targeted therapies that address the root cause of genetic conditions. BioMarin's robust research and development capabilities have resulted in multiple innovative commercial therapies for patients with rare genetic disorders. The Company's distinctive approach to drug discovery has produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical, and pre-clinical candidates that address a significant unmet medical need, have well-understood biology, and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing treatment options. For additional information, please visit www.biomarin.com.
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These forward-looking statements are predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results may differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: BioMarin's success in the commercialization of its commercial products, impacts of macroeconomic and other external factors on BioMarin's operations; results and timing of current and planned preclinical studies and clinical trials and the release of data from those trials; BioMarin's ability to successfully manufacture its commercial products and product candidates; the content and timing of decisions by the FDA, the European Commission and other regulatory authorities concerning each of the described products and product candidates; the market for each of these products; actual sales of BioMarin's commercial products; the introduction of generic versions of BioMarin's commercial products, in particular generic versions of KUVAN; and those factors detailed in BioMarin's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including, without limitation, the factors contained under the caption "Risk Factors" in BioMarin's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as such factors may be updated by any subsequent reports. Stockholders are urged not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. BioMarin is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
BioMarin®, BRINEURA®, KUVAN®, NAGLAZYME®, PALYNZIQ®, VIMIZIM® and VOXZOGO® are registered trademarks of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., or its affiliates. ROCTAVIANTM is a trademark of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. ALDURAZYME® is a registered trademark of BioMarin/Genzyme LLC. All other brand names and service marks, trademarks and other trade names appearing in this release are the property of their respective owners.
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BioMarin regularly uses both GAAP and Non-GAAP results and expectations internally to assess its financial operating performance and evaluate key business decisions related to its principal business activities: the discovery, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of innovative biologic therapies. Because Non-GAAP Income, Non-GAAP Diluted EPS and Non-GAAP Diluted Shares are important internal measurements for BioMarin, the Company believes that providing this information in conjunction with BioMarin's GAAP information enhances investors' and analysts' ability to meaningfully compare the Company's results from period to period and to its forward-looking guidance, and to identify operating trends in the Company's principal business. BioMarin also uses Non-GAAP Income internally to understand, manage and evaluate its business and to make operating decisions, and compensation of executives is based in part on this measure.
Non-GAAP Income and its components are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to comparable GAAP measures and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors should note that the Non-GAAP information is not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and does not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Company's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. Investors should also note that these Non-GAAP financial measures have no standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and, therefore, have limits in their usefulness to investors. In addition, from time to time in the future there may be other items that the Company may exclude for purposes of its Non-GAAP financial measures; likewise, the Company may in the future cease to exclude items that it has historically excluded for purposes of its Non-GAAP financial measures. Because of the non-standardized definitions, the Non-GAAP financial measure as used by BioMarin in this press release and the accompanying tables may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be directly comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies.
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Elise Hu spent almost four years as NPR’s first Seoul, South Korea, bureau chief. During that time, Hu experienced what she calls an “endless assault of images of the ideal Korean beauty.”
Hu explores the South Korean beauty industry in her new book “Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital.”
“I really started feeling the bodily shame and angst that I hadn’t felt since I was a teenager,” she says. “I think all of us as we’re going through puberty, and then in those teenage years, when we’re confronting ourselves in the mirror have had those moments of bodily angst or bodily shame. I felt like I had largely put that away. It wasn’t until I was about 32 years old and plopped into Seoul where I was confronted by strangers sending me messages like, ‘there’s freckles on your face, you could get rid of those. We have dermatologists for that.’”
Elise Hu. (Courtesy of Emily Cummings)
4 questions about South Korean beauty standards with NPR’s Elise Hu
You’re obviously a foreigner, but women are born into this. Girls are born into this and they wouldn’t get a message like you did. They might just have to go do that.
“I think it’s really crucial to me in terms of my experience, and why I ended up writing this book. I had daughters in Seoul, I have a total of three daughters, that’s notable because they were treated differently than boys.
When South Koreans would compliment girls, they would only be talked about in terms of their appearance.
“So my daughters came back knowing three phrases in Korean: ‘hello, thank you and you’re so pretty.’ That’s really powerful because when we talk to little boys, it’s not, ‘you’re so handsome, great hair, awesome skin.’ It tends to be about their capability or you look strong or that’s brave. And so I do think that gender and the way that girls are seen versus boys are seen ends up getting internalized at very young ages. My daughter was 3 when she was asked whether she had eyelash extensions.”
I found it quite stunning that when you apply for a job, you have to include a headshot, and that’s not applying for a modeling job or an acting job. It seems across the board, which puts a lot of pressure on women, I imagine.
“This is why I think it’s really crucial that I emphasize that I am not coming down on individual Koreans. I loved my time in South Korea and continue to want to go back. What I am coming down on, and I think that we need to really critique, is an entire system that upholds this norm that we need to look better in order to be acceptable professionally or socially. And that it’s a matter of personal responsibility, and that our beauty or our physical beauty is tied to worthiness. I actually think that that can be very harmful and marginalizing. It leads to discrimination.
“I talk about ‘lookism,’ which comes into play when your head shots have to be affixed to resumes. And when your passport photos are photoshopped by default, as I found one time when I went to get a passport photo and my skin was automatically retouched and my jaw line was narrowed down.”
You said in the book, and I’m going to quote you here, “Korea has become a neoliberal dream state, a place of unquenchable consumerism.” How does that tie into the beauty industry and the pressures on women to look a certain way?
“We are not only consumed as women. Women have long been objectified, but we are also consumers. So we are having to spend money in order to look better for the eyes of other people. It is kind of this constant feedback loop of spending and then also being consumed. At the same time, I think beauty ideals have mattered all over the world for several millennia, but often for aristocratic classes.
“So when Chinese women were getting their feet bound, it was aristocratic Chinese women and it wasn’t everybody. Lower class women couldn’t possibly do that, not only because it was expensive, but because it wasn’t practical. But now we’re in this global standard of beauty or we are reaching global standards of beauty that everybody has to chase, and so even lower classes or those who might not be able to afford it are being sold on this notion that you could afford to pass as higher class or get the injectables or get the work done.”
“I think that the industry then wants to creep in into more markets. So you have all these transnational forces that are getting negotiated when it comes to beauty as well that makes it part of this hyper capitalistic moment.”
It’s easy to other the South Korea beauty industry, especially when you’re reading about it from here. Why is it important that we know about it? And how do you think the Korean beauty industry is or will impact us here in the U.S.?
“So many of the things that are now popular in the West among Gen Z, people [who are] my oldest daughter’s age, like dewy skin sheet masks, those pimple patches that you can put over blemishes. Ideals that we see for young people today, are ideals that come from the East, come from South Korea.
“It is the world’s third largest cosmetics and skincare exporter. South Korea is now exporting more in cosmetics than it exports in smartphones. South Korea may seem like it’s far away, a place that people aren’t going to visit, but it influences us and that’s why it’s not only an important place to be looking at but an important influence that shapes all of us.”
Emiko Tamagawa produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Julia Corcoran. Catherine Welch adapted it for the web.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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“We’re all about economic growth.” So says the website of the Club for Growth, the political action group that Politico once called “the preeminent institution promoting Republican adherence to a free-market, free-trade, anti-regulation agenda.”
Indeed, the Club was founded more than two decades ago as a political engine for ultra-free-marketers. But in a July 20 “strategy memo” from Club for Growth Action, its super PAC, you can see what that entails in the Year of Our MAGA 2023. The group announced that it is prepared to spend $20 million in the 2024 election cycle to support a group of House Republicans that it calls the “Patriot 20.”
The Patriot 20 includes such leading economic thinkers as Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who failed to vote on the debt ceiling this year after arriving at the Capitol once the roll call was closed, and Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar, a former dentist who is now a full-time conspiracy theorist with an uncanny habit of linking arms with antisemites. Others on the list include Rep. Andy Biggs, an Arizona Republican who takes his job as a legislator so seriously that he introduced more than 500 bills in a single day earlier this year; the shape-shifting Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, whose personal history seems unusually inventive; and Rep. Scott Perry, the congressman from Pennsylvania who was an especially eager supporter of President Donald Trump’s attempts to overthrow the democratically elected government of the U.S.
Like other big players in Republican politics, the Club appears to have concluded that politicians whose only skill is setting fires, or pouring gasoline on those set by others, can be useful allies. “That’s sort of their strategy — that the prairie fire is going to help us because we’re going to burn down some things we want to burn down, or the smoke’s going to confuse enough that we can get some things done,” said Bob Inglis, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina. “But it’s just such a dangerous strategy. Because you cannot control where the prairie fire is going.”
Of course, Trumpism, and the people drawn to it, has made it increasingly difficult to participate in national Republican politics without consorting with some questionable characters. But the Club for Growth had initially set out to be a beachhead restricted to economic libertarianism. It was agnostic on the most contentious social issues, such as abortion, which it ceded to other factions in the GOP coalition. Over time, however, the Club has become just another vector for far-right culture warriors and agitprop performance artists, albeit one fueled by vast sums of money.
Democracy skeptic Peter Thiel and right-wing anti-tax crusader Richard Uihlein are among the billionaires who have funded the group, which spends millions every election cycle on behalf of right-wing candidates. It may be that candidates who think mostly about their next shock video or conspiracy tweet are not so much the candidates whom the Club is stuck with, but rather precisely the candidates whom the Club prefers.
Club leader David McIntosh has had a sometimes bumpy relationship with Trump, but he also signed a letter after the 2020 election tacitly validating Trump’s lies about fraud and encouraging Trump to keep up his bogus fight for “election integrity.” Like election lies, culture war can be a useful distraction from deeply unpopular economic policies that serve the very wealthiest people in the nation. Those happen to be the policies that the Club holds most dear.
As University of Michigan political scientist Robert Mickey told me a few months ago, Republicans can’t make credible economic appeals to voters because GOP policies are designed to benefit the likes of Thiel and Uihlein. As a result, “they double down on right-wing populist appeals.”
Maintaining a bunch of raging MAGA heads and conspiracy crackpots in the House GOP conference is bad for democracy and governance. Many in the Patriot 20 appear dedicated to making the House ungovernable — even for conservatives — under Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But rage and reaction may be good, at least short term, for the billionaires who fund the Club for Growth. They seem less interested in “economic growth” writ large than in personal power and very personal wealth. For the Club for Growth, paeans to the free market are all well and good. But a stable of legislators who double as circus performers is apparently better.
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Imagine stepping on stage with your favorite artist in VR from your browser. Discover secret rooms, join live Q&As with other fans, shop for merch, and more. Connect with your audience like never before.
NEW YORK, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BR Marketing Group, a leading luxury brand marketing agency in NYC, is excited to offer its new Web Virtual Reality (WebVR) service to clients worldwide. With this service, clients can create memorable marketing experiences in WebVR. WebVR is a technology that allows users to enjoy virtual reality from their browsers, without any extra hardware or software.
BR Marketing Group has a team of creative experts who design and promote WebVR experiences that capture the unique essence of each brand. Whether it's a concert, a store, a gallery, or more BR Marketing Group can bring it to life in WebVR.
"Our service stands out because we embrace the future. We know how innovative technologies like WebVR can transform the customer experience," said Andrea Canas, CEO of BR Marketing Group.
- Drake, global superstar, has recently taken his concerts and online store to the next level by adding immersive technology for an interactive virtual experience. He is not alone. Luxury brands and artists are following suit.
- Revenue in the VR Advertising market is projected to reach US$161.70m in 2023, revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2023-2027) of 2.33%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$177.30m by 2027, according to a recent study.
WebVR is still a new and fast-growing tech, able to give immersive, interactive, awe-inspiring experiences. WebVR also connects with IRL events, enabling users to explore real-world objects, locations, and people through VR.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with actor Richard E. Grant about his memoir Pocketful of Happiness and how he has dealt with the grief of losing his wife to cancer after 38 years together.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with actor Richard E. Grant about his memoir Pocketful of Happiness and how he has dealt with the grief of losing his wife to cancer after 38 years together.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author C.K. Chau about her new book, Good Fortune — a Pride and Prejudice retelling with some delicious twists set in Chinatown in New York City during the early 2000s.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author C.K. Chau about her new book, Good Fortune — a Pride and Prejudice retelling with some delicious twists set in Chinatown in New York City during the early 2000s.
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Pee-wee Herman, the comic creation of actor/writer Paul Reubens, would often toss taunts of the schoolyard into his casual conversation. It was one of the character's go-to bits.
"Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer!"
"That's my name! Don't wear it out!"
And, most iconically,
"I know you are, but what am I?"
Of course, when it came to Pee-wee himself, with his tight gray suit, red bow tie, crew cut, rouged cheekbones and ruby-red lips, "What am I?" was the real question – it was the one he posed merely by existing.
Reubens died Sunday of cancer at the age of 70. He was an actor – but for a long time, he tried to convince the public that Pee-wee was a real person, not a character.
Folks didn't know what to make of Reubens' petulant man-child at first. Created in 1977, while Reubens was a member of the Los Angeles sketch troupe The Groundlings, Pee-wee was part prop comic, part brat and part trickster spirit. There was something fearless in Pee-wee, something unapologetic and brash that took you a second to process. The character was very obviously and intentionally what folks used to call a sissy – but how could a sissy own the stage like he did? Bask in the spotlight like he did? How could a sissy so confidently and explicitly dictate the terms for his audience on how to experience him?
The Pee-wee Herman Show at The Groundlings Theatre soon had LA hipsters lining up around the block for a midnight show that mixed puppets and parody with archival educational films – the precise fuel mixture that powered Reubens' later CBS Saturday morning show, Pee-wee's Playhouse.
It was never Peter Pan, what he was doing. Yes, Pee-wee was a boy who never grew up, but he was more than that — he was one singular adult's remembrance of what it was like being a kid. Specifically, of those parts of childhood we pretend not to see in our own children — the narcissism, the selfishness, the utter lack of basic human empathy. The monstrous bits.
In Pee-wee's Big Adventure, it manifested in his hilariously obsessive drive to recover his stolen bike — a quest which would cause him to trample on the feelings of friends like Amazing Larry (Lou Cutell) and Dottie (E.G. Daily). On Pee-wee's Playhouse, it took the form of gleeful admonitions to his viewers to "scream real loud" whenever anyone said the week's secret word. (Spare a thought for the long-suffering parents who'd hoped that sitting their kids in front of the TV would allow them a moment's peace to finish their coffee.) On 1988's magnificent holiday staple Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special, Reubens zeroed in kids' ravenous greed for presents, turning Pee-wee into a monster who only reluctantly sees the light once guilted into it. (Like Scrooge, he's a lot more fun to hang around with before his last-minute epiphany.)
To watch Pee-wee was to re-experience childhood the way we'd forgotten it actually was – pure, concentrated, distilled to its essence, when riding your bike and playing with your toys and screaming real loud was all it took to fill a day. Pee-wee was a creature of impulse, anarchy and id – which is probably why Reubens' frequent appearances on Late Night with David Letterman helped launch him to stardom.
Reubens' silliness worked on a different frequency than Letterman's – Pee-wee was wilder and far less inhibited than Letterman could ever hope to be, and Letterman knew to play up his own tetchy, aggrieved discomfort at Pee-wee's hijinks for comedic effect. The two men vibrated at opposite ends of the comedic spectrum, but they worked together brilliantly. In those interview segments, which quickly devolved into Pee-wee's signature giggles, you laughed at Reubens' ability to take complete control of the experience, and at Letterman's entirely uncharacteristic willingness to give over the reins.
In the coming days, our social media feeds will fill up with a lot of Pee-wee's greatest hits – Large Marge; "Tequila!"; Jambi the Genie; Chairy; Reubens' extended and entirely improvised death scene in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie; "I'm a loner, Dot. A rebel."; and, of course, "Come on, Simone. Let's talk about your big 'but.'"
Me, though, I'll be putting on the aforementioned Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special, because it will remind me of one of Reubens' most overlooked talents – his ability to sneak an artisanal blend of fey subversiveness into the mainstream. That special injected a defiantly, yet matter-of-fact, queer sensibility into the CBS primetime airwaves of Reagan's America: The Del Rubio Triplets! Zsa Zsa Gabor! Little Richard! Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon! KD Lang! Charo! The LA Men's Chorus dressed up as a Marine choir! And, most indelibly, Grace Jones as green Gumby, drag singing a club mix of "The Little Drummer Boy."
Keep your "I meant to do that." Keep your dancing on the biker bar to "Tequila." The image of Reubens that I'll be holding closest to my heart over the next few days is of him rocking out in the background as Jones sings in the glare of the spotlight.
Because I swear you can see, in just the way he holds his body, the mischievous delight he's taking in what he's unleashing on an unsuspecting public: Grace Jones, ladies and gentlemen, delivered unto your living rooms, pulling up to the bumper of your cozy family holiday special, an entirely singular brand of weirdness served up to you hot and fresh, with a high, unselfconscious giggle.
Jennifer Vanasco contributed to earlier versions of this story.
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High prices ‘disproportionately pinching’ younger Americans, data shows
30% of Gen Z, 28% of millennials have no emergency savings
(InvestigateTV) — More than seven in 10 younger Americans are saving less because of inflation when compared to Gen X and baby boomers, a recent Bankrate.com survey found.
Sarah Foster is a principal writer for Bankrate.com. She said this is a time for younger Americans to be very mindful of how much they are spending and to hyper analyze their budgets.
Foster said the ultimate goal for Gen Z and millennials should be to make sure they are living within their means. She added there are several advantages to being young right now, especially when it comes to retirement contributions.
“Really the best way to gain wealth and beat inflation in the long run is to make sure that you’re holding a diverse portfolio of assets, including stocks,” Foster explained. “And so, we know that even if someone were to stop investing for three years because of inflation and they’re in their mid-twenties, they’d leave almost $200,000 on the table by the time they were 70.”
Foster said don’t stop retirement contributions during inflation. The amount can be reduced, but consistent contributions is key.
She said another reason younger Americans are being hit hard is they are early in their careers and haven’t reached their peak earnings.
Foster advised them to put any raises or extra money in savings or retirement accounts.
Bankrate has 11 tips for young Americans trying to reach financial goals during high inflation, including:
- Look for high-yield savings accounts that offer much better returns that traditional accounts
- Automate savings to build an emergency fund
- Wait 24 hours before any unnecessary purchases
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HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (LSCC) on Monday reported second-quarter earnings of $50.6 million.
The Hillsboro, Oregon-based company said it had profit of 36 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 52 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 51 cents per share.
The chipmaker posted revenue of $190.1 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $188.2 million.
For the current quarter ending in September, Lattice said it expects revenue in the range of $187 million to $197 million.
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Total new annualized premiums up 11%; strong capital position
CARMEL, Ind., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) today reported net income of $73.7 million, or $0.64 per diluted share, in 2Q23 compared to $233.3 million, or $1.99 per diluted share, in 2Q22. Net operating income (1) was $62.3 million, or $0.54 per diluted share, in 2Q23 compared to $135.1 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, in 2Q22.
"Production was strong in both our Consumer and Worksite Divisions, with notable sales increases in Life, Medicare Supplement and Supplemental Health, driven by continued growth in producing agent counts," said Gary C. Bhojwani, chief executive officer.
"Variable investment income results improved sequentially, yet reflect a tough comparable in the second quarter of 2022 when results reached a five-year high. Health claims impacted our results in the quarter. We expect this elevated claims experience to moderate in the second half of the year, based on leading indicators. Our long-term view of the Health business remains positive."
"New money rates were once again strong in the quarter at 6.34%, which drove continued improvement in the earned yield on investments allocated to insurance products. Our consolidated risk based capital (RBC) ratio of 386% was comfortably above our target as was our holding company liquidity of $176 million. Free cash flow generation in the quarter was robust."
Second Quarter 2023 Highlights (as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year where applicable)
- Total Health insurance new annualized premiums ("NAP") (4) up 15%; total Life insurance NAP up 8%
- Medicare Supplement NAP up 29%; Consumer Division field agent-sold Life insurance NAP up 20%
- Consumer Division field producing agent count up 8%; Worksite Division producing agent count up 32%
- Returned $47.4 million to shareholders
- Book value per share was $17.56; book value per diluted share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss,(2) was $32.34
- Return on equity ("ROE") of 14.8%; operating ROE, as adjusted,(6) of 8.0%
Adoption of New Accounting Standard
As previously disclosed, we adopted ASU 2018-12 related to targeted improvements to the accounting for long-duration insurance contracts effective January 1, 2023. We selected the modified retrospective transition method except for market risk benefits where we were required to use the full retrospective approach. All prior periods presented herein have been recast in accordance with the new standard. As a result of the adoption of the new guidance, shareholders' equity as of December 31, 2022, increased $368.0 million and was comprised of increases to retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) of $232.2 million and $135.8 million, respectively. Net income and operating earnings (1) for the second quarter of 2022 increased $97.2 million and $35.0 million, respectively. Concurrent with the adoption of the new guidance, we also updated the method of determining non-operating earnings for our fixed indexed annuities to better isolate the volatile non-economic accounting impacts of that line of business.
INSURANCE OPERATIONS
Annuity products accounted for 26 percent of the Company's margin for the quarter and annuity premiums collected decreased 8 percent in 2Q23 compared to 2Q22.
Health products accounted for 48 percent of the Company's insurance margin for the quarter and 63 percent of insurance policy income.
Life products accounted for 26 percent of the Company's insurance margin for the quarter and 36 percent of insurance policy income.
Sales of health products were up 15 percent and sales of life products were up 8 percent in 2Q23 compared to 2Q22.
Total allocated expenses were $149.5 million, down 2 percent from 2Q22.
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The fair value of CNO's available for sale fixed maturity portfolio was $21.0 billion compared with an amortized cost of $23.6 billion. Net unrealized losses were comprised of gross unrealized gains of $106.1 million and gross unrealized losses of $2,710.8 million. The allowance for credit losses was $66.1 million at June 30, 2023.
At both amortized cost and fair value, 94 percent of fixed maturities, available for sale, were rated "investment grade".
Non-Operating Items
Net investment losses in 2Q23 were $31.3 million including the unfavorable change in the allowance for credit losses of $9.9 million which was recorded in earnings. Net investment losses in 2Q22 were $27.1 million including the unfavorable change in the allowance for credit losses of $23.7 million which was recorded in earnings.
During 2Q23 and 2Q22, we recognized a decrease in earnings of $4.0 million and $21.7 million, respectively, due to the net change in market value of investments recognized in earnings.
During 2Q23 and 2Q22, we recognized an increase in earnings of $50.4 million and $160.6 million, respectively, resulting from changes in the estimated fair value of embedded derivative liabilities and market risk benefits related to our fixed indexed annuities. Such amounts include the impacts of changes in market interest rates and equity impacts used to determine the estimated fair values of the embedded derivatives and market risk benefits.
In 2Q22, other non-operating items included an increase in earnings of $14.0 million for the mark-to-market change in the agent deferred compensation plan liability which was impacted by changes in the underlying actuarial assumptions used to value the liability. We recognize the mark-to-market change in the estimated value of this liability through earnings as assumptions change.
Statutory (based on non-GAAP measures) and GAAP Capital Information
Our consolidated statutory risk-based capital ratio was estimated at 386% at June 30, 2023, reflecting estimated 2Q23 statutory operating income of $37 million (and $76 million in the first six months of 2023) and the payment of insurance company dividends (net of capital contributions) to the holding company of $40.5 million during 2Q23 (and $74.7 million in the first six months of 2023).
During 2Q23, we repurchased $30.0 million of common stock under our securities repurchase program (including $0.9 million of repurchases settled in 3Q23). We repurchased 1.4 million common shares at an average cost of $22.28 per share. As of June 30, 2023, we had 113.7 million shares outstanding and had authority to repurchase up to an additional $641.8 million of our common stock. During 2Q23, dividends paid on common stock totaled $17.4 million.
Unrestricted cash and investments held by our holding company were $176 million at June 30, 2023, compared to $167 million at December 31, 2022.
Book value per common share was $17.56 at June 30, 2023 compared to $15.47 at December 31, 2022. Book value per diluted share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (2), was $32.34 at June 30, 2023, compared to $31.89 at December 31, 2022.
The debt-to-capital ratio was 36.3 percent and 39.2 percent at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Our debt-to-total capital ratio, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (3) was 23.4 percent at both June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Return on equity for the trailing four quarters ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, was 14.8% and 20.9%, respectively. Operating return, excluding significant items, on equity, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and net operating loss carryforwards (6) for the trailing four quarters ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, was 8.0% and 12.7%, respectively.
In this news release, CNO includes non-GAAP measures to enhance investors' understanding of management's view of the business. The non-GAAP measures are not a substitute for GAAP, but rather a supplement to increase transparency by providing broader perspective. CNO's definitions of non-GAAP measures may differ from other companies' definitions. More detailed information including various GAAP and non-GAAP measurements are located at CNOinc.com in the Investors section under SEC Filings.
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. These prospective statements reflect management's current expectations, but are not guarantees of future performance. Accordingly, please refer to CNO's cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements, and the business environment in which the Company operates, contained in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and any subsequent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and on the Company's website at CNOinc.com in the Investors section. CNO specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement because of new information, future developments or otherwise.
EARNINGS RELEASE CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST:
The Company will host a conference call to discuss results on August 1, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. During the call, we will be referring to a presentation that will be available at the Investors section of the company's website.
To participate by dial-in, please register at https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=5ac4628b&confId=53584. Upon registering, you will be provided with call details and a registrant ID used to track attendance on the conference call. Reminders will also be sent to registered participants via email.
For those investors who prefer to listen to the call online, we will be broadcasting the call live via webcast. The event can be accessed through the Investors section of the company's website: ir.CNOinc.com. Participants should go to the website at least 15 minutes before the event to register and download any necessary audio software.
ABOUT CNO FINANCIAL GROUP
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) secures the future of middle-income America. CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands, including Bankers Life, Colonial Penn, Optavise and Washington National. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and $34 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 4,600 exclusive agents and 4,000 independent partner agents guide individuals, families and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.
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18-year-old from ‘Brainy Bunch’ family graduates with master’s degree
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA/Gray News) – At age 18, most people are just heading into their freshman year of undergraduate studies. But one 18-year-old from Alabama is graduating with her master’s degree.
Marianna Harding is graduating from Auburn University with a master’s degree in agriculture at the age of 18.
She also graduated from high school at age 11.
Harding comes from a Montgomery family known as “The Brainy Bunch” – she is one of 10 children, most of whom started college by the age of 12. One of the boys even graduated law school at 19.
All the children grew up homeschooled. Harding is the eighth child in the family.
She said there was always healthy competition between siblings.
“We all had different interest levels, and most of us different colleges,” she said.
In 2022, Harding earned her bachelor’s degree virtually from a university in Nebraska. Shortly after, she was off to Auburn’s campus to get her master’s degree.
“Although my focus was very much on studies, there was no lack of fun times,” she said.
While on campus, Harding was part of multiple clubs, a campus employee, and kept active in her church. She hopes that her story will encourage others to go after their goals no matter their age.
Now that she has graduated, Harding will begin working for the Lee County Extension where she’ll teach others about agriculture.
Parents Kip and Mona Lisa Harding made an appearance on NBC’s “Today Show” in 2014 to discuss their book, “The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family’s Method to College Ready by Age Twelve.” They also have a YouTube channel.
“My kids are not any smarter than anybody else’s, they’re really motivated and they’re very hard working, but really feel like anyone can get these kinds of results,” Mona Lisa Harding said during a 2021 interview.
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NEW YORK — Trader Joe’s is recalling a broccoli cheddar soup that may contain insects and cooked falafel that may contain rocks, about one week after the grocery chain recalled two cookie products over similar concerns.
The soup recall impacts Trader Joe’s Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup with “Use By” dates ranging from July 18 to Sept. 15, according to a Thursday announcement from the company. On Friday, the grocer announced that Trader Joe’s Fully Cooked Falafel sold in 35 states and Washington, D.C., was also under recall.
On July 21, Trader Joe’s announced that it was recalling Trader Joe’s Almond Windmill Cookies and Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies with “sell by” dates ranging from Oct. 17 to Oct. 21. Like the falafel, the cookies may also contain rocks, the company said.
When asked for further information about how the insects and rocks may have gotten into these products, a Trader Joe’s spokesperson said that “there was an issue in the manufacturing processes in the facilities.” Suppliers alerted Trader Joe’s of the possible foreign material for each recall, the company said.
“We pulled the product from our shelves as soon as we were made aware of the issue. Once we understood the issue we notified our customers,” the spokesperson said in a statement sent to The Associated Press Saturday.
All of the recalled cookies, soup and falafel have been removed from sale or destroyed, Trader Joe’s said in its announcements. But the Monrovia, California-based company is still urging consumers to check their kitchens for the products.
Trader Joe’s says customers who have the recalled products should throw them away or return them to any store for a full refund. Lot codes and further details about the products under recall, as well as customer service contact information, can be found on the company’s website.
Trader Joe’s did not specify how many products were impacted with each recall or identify suppliers. But one Food and Drug Administration notice cited by NBC News says that the Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup recall impacts around 10,889 cases sold in seven states. Winter Gardens Quality Foods, Inc. is identified as the recalling firm, per the notice.
No formal releases about the three recalls were published on the FDA’s Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts page as of Saturday. The Associated Press reached out to the FDA and Winter Gardens Quality Foods for information on Saturday.
“We have a close relationship with our vendors and they alerted us of these issues. We don’t hesitate or wait for regulatory agencies to tell us what to do,” the Trader Joe’s spokesperson said. “We will never leave to chance the safety of the products we offer.”
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This is FRESH AIR. The new podcast "Dreamtown: The Story Of Adelanto" is about a small California desert town that turns to legal cannabis sales to try to revive its small economy. Critic Nick Quah sees it as a worthy addition to a handful of podcasts he calls civic noir, examining small city life, corruption and renewal.
NICK QUAH, BYLINE: It's an image straight out of an old Western or the Bible. A small desert community finds itself on the brink of disaster when a stranger appears with a bold vision for the future. The dream was realized, and for a while, things were good until they weren't. In this case, the desert community is a tiny city called Adelanto, located just north of the greater Los Angeles area. Like so many other places in the United States, Adelanto was hard hit by the 2008 recession, and the city's finances were so dire it almost went bankrupt in 2014. That's when the stranger comes through. His name is John Woodard, but he goes by Bug. And the vision he brings is the dream of a modern gold rush - a legal marijuana economy.
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DAVID WEINBERG: Bug's plan was to make Adelanto the first city in California to legalize commercial cannabis cultivation, which, it turns out, is a very difficult and complicated thing to pull off.
BETSY ZYKO: It's hard to overstate how much riskier and more dangerous the cannabis industry is because of the inconsistency between federal and state law.
WEINBERG: But still, Bug persisted. And his idea started to catch on with the rest of the city.
JOHN BUG WOODARD: The wheels are in motion. Ain't nobody getting in the way. I don't care if you're the sheriff. I don't care if you're the governor. I don't care who you are.
QUAH: Such is the setup for a limited audio documentary series called "Dreamtown: The Story Of Adelanto," the fascinating tale of crisis and capital told through the lens of a city's local politics. And just to paint a picture of how local the story is, in his quest to turn Adelanto into a legal weed hub, Bug runs for a seat on the city council and wins, spending only $700 on the effort. Adelanto's bet on weed pays off to some extent. And the city's finances begin to improve. But what starts out as a quirky tale of economic redevelopment quickly transforms into something else - a dense saga of shady real estate deals, zoning disputes and political corruption. Within a few years, federal investigators become a common sight in the city.
"Dreamtown" fits neatly into a growing podcast subgenre that digs into the drama and oddities of city lore. The vibe is a kind of civic noir, exemplified in recent years by podcasts like "California City," which recounts the tale of another false fortune in a desert, "Crooked City," which continues the documentarian Marc Smerling's interest in organized crime making the leap into local government, and "Boomtown," about a small West Texas city's transformation by the oil industry. These shows collectively capture an anxious, melancholic feeling around the fragility of local democracies, constantly vulnerable to forces beyond their control. That melancholia pervades "Dreamtown" as well.
The series is reported and hosted by David Weinberg, a veteran radio journalist. His best work, the nonfiction anthology series "Welcome To LA," is filled with stories about odd characters building colorful lives in and around Southern California. In many ways, "Dreamtown" is a continuation of that project, with its keen interest in the people that make up Adelanto and the way their lives are transformed by the larger shifts around them. Weinberg has a distinct style - quiet, observant, wry. He has a wonderful eye for vivid imagery, which he translates into evocative scenes written for the ear.
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WEINBERG: Tim is in his 60s, collared dress shirt and a vape pen in hand as he navigated the poorly paved streets of Adelanto. In the distance are the peaks of the Angeles National Forest. All around us, Joshua trees were sticking up out of the ground. And along the side of the road were bulldozers flattening the land for the foundations of the massive warehouses that would soon be filled with weed.
QUAH: That understated approach serves the material well, given how ornate and bizarre things can get in "Dreamtown." One episode, for example, traces the story of another Adelanto city councilmember, Jermaine Wright, whose time in government ended with a federal prison sentence for taking a bribe to help open a cannabis business while also trying to commit insurance fraud by hiring someone to burn down his own restaurant.
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WEINBERG: So Jermaine gave this fake electrician a tour of his restaurant. They set a date for the fire, and Jermaine paid him the money for the job. And it was actually kind of a steal. Apparently, it only costs 1,500 bucks to burn down someone's restaurant, at least, you know, if you're paying an FBI agent to do it. But before the scheduled torching, the FBI showed up to the restaurant with a search warrant. And they interviewed Jermaine, and he confessed.
QUAH: There is often a fable-like quality to "Dreamtown," which speaks to the somewhat archetypal nature of Adelanto's predicament. Across the United States, there are countless other rural cities grappling with some form of the same economic quandaries and ethical temptation. "Dreamtown" might seem like a Coen Brothers-esque caper, but it's fundamentally a story about what a city represents, the kinds of people who feel drawn to fight for its preservation and what can happen when you make a deal with forces you're not quite prepared to grapple with. Whether a fable or cautionary tale, one thing's for sure. It's a deeply American story.
MOSLEY: Nick Quah is a podcast critic for New York Magazine and Vulture. He reviewed "Dreamtown: The Story Of Adelanto," from Crooked Media. Tomorrow on FRESH AIR, award-winning actor Richard E. Grant joins us to talk about his new memoir, "A Pocketful Of Happiness," which chronicles his 35-year marriage to the late acclaimed dialect coach to the stars Joan Washington. I hope you can join us. To keep up with what's going on with the show and to get highlights of our interviews, follow us on Instagram at @NPRFreshAir.
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The Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact sweeping rent control on Tuesday, likely issuing the final verdict on one of Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s most divisive proposals.
Sawant, the council’s most senior member and only socialist, will leave office when her third term ends at the end of the year. Before then, she is trying to push one of her heftiest outstanding policy priorities: a bill capping rent increases citywide.
The proposal, introduced by Sawant in June, would cap annual residential rent increases in the city at the rate of inflation — without exceptions — to curtail rapidly increasing rents, citing an increase of more than 90% in local rents between 2010-2020.
“Corporate landlords have been raising rents far faster than inflation, and that has meant renters have fallen farther and farther behind,” Sawant said at a July committee meeting, noting that wages have not risen nearly as quickly.
“So, rent control will affect only those landlords who gouge their tenants,” Sawant added.
However, current Washington state law prohibits local rent control. Despite multiple recent attempts to undo the ban, the bill, if passed, would be a so-called “trigger law” and only go into effect in the event that the state repealed the preemption.
That scenario and other concerns about Sawant’s proposal have given her council colleagues qualms about passing the bill, resulting in a rare recommendation last week by the Sustainability & Renters’ Rights Committee, which is chaired by Sawant, to not pass the legislation.
After a three-hour committee meeting earlier this month, the committee voted 3-2 against the bill. Councilmembers Sara Nelson and Andrew Lewis, plus Council President Debora Juarez, opposed the bill.
“I think that the Legislature not letting local government tailor housing issues to local government is unjust,” Juarez said during the committee meeting, noting that she does support the state repealing the preemption law.
“This isn’t a rent control law,” Juarez added. “My concern is that if people out there think that if the city of Seattle passes this — it’s a trigger law — that somehow we’re going to be in control of keeping rents. And we’re not.”
Sawant, who urged council members not to “hold their breath” waiting for the state to repeal the ban, and Councilmember Tammy Morales supported the bill.
“It’s been 42 years, it’s not going to happen,” Sawant said.
Though the bill failed in committee, it will go before the full council for a vote at 2 p.m. Tuesday during its regularly scheduled meeting.
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For Q2 2023, revenue increased 15% to $19.4 million and customer locations increased 7% to 124,000. Q2 net loss dropped 75% from $3.9 million in Q2 2022 to $978,000 in Q2 2023, and ARR* for TTM** increased $11.8 million from $59.3 million as at June 30, 2022 to $71.1 million as at June 30, 2023, growth of 20%.
TORONTO , July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Givex Corp. ("Givex") (TSX: GIVX) (OTCQX: GIVXF), is pleased to present its financial results for the three-month period and six-month period ending June 30, 2023.
Givex reports in Canadian dollars and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").
"In Q2 2023, Givex continued to increase adjusted EBITDA by increasing gross profit and keeping a tight rein on payroll costs," said Don Gray, CEO of Givex. "Net loss decreased 75%, from $3.9 million to $978,000. We are working hard to continue this trend for the rest of the year."
Second Quarter Financial Highlights
Three-month period ending June 30, 2023 (with comparisons relative to the three-month period ending June 30, 2022)
- Revenue increased $2.6 million from $16.8 million to $19.4 million, 15% growth.
- Gross Profit increased $1.9 million from $12.2 million to $14.1 million, 16% growth.
- Adjusted EBITDA*** increased $0.7 million from $1.0 million to $1.7 million, 69% growth.
- Net Loss decreased $2.9 million from $3.9 million to $978,000, 75% decrease.
- Total Gross Transactional Value**** increased approximately $0.35 billion from $1.77 billion to $2.12 billion, 20% growth.
- POS Gross Transactional Value***** increased approximately $128 million from $347 million to $474 million, 37% growth.
- Customer Locations****** increased approximately 8,000, from 116,000 to 124,000, 7% growth.
Six-month period ending June 30, 2023 (with comparisons relative to the six-month period ending June 30, 2022)
- Revenue increased $5.4 million from $33.2 million to $38.6 million, 16% growth.
- Gross Profit increased $4.2 million from $23.1 million to $27.3 million, 18% growth.
- Adjusted EBITDA*** increased $0.4 million from $2.3 million to $2.7 million, 18% growth.
- Net Loss decreased $4.3 million from $6.5 million to $2.2 million, 66% decrease.
- Total Gross Transactional Value**** increased approximately $0.65 billion from $3.05 billion to $3.7 billion, 21% growth.
- POS Gross Transactional Value***** increased approximately $295 million from $584 million to $879 million, 51% growth.
Operational Highlights
- Payroll costs are the key focus to improved EBITDA and positive net earnings. For the 12-month periods ending June 30, 2023 and 2022, Employee Compensation******* as a % of Gross Profit was 53% and 54%, respectively. The company believes that its ability to reduce Employee Compensation as a % of Gross Profit is an indicator of its success in managing costs and profitability.
- ARR* (which is both recurring and reoccurring revenue) for TTM** increased $11.8 million from $59.3 million as at June 30, 2022 to $71.1 million as at June 30, 2023, growth of 20%.
More Information
Additional financial information, such as the audited annual Consolidated Financial Statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and Annual Information Form, is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
More information about Givex, including the Management Presentation and Overview, are posted on the company's investor relations website at investors.givex.com.
About Givex
The world is changing. Givex is ready. Since 1999, Givex has provided technology solutions that unleash the full potential of engagement, creating and cultivating powerful connections that unite brands and customers. With a global footprint of 124,000+ active locations across more than 100 countries, Givex unleashes strategic insights, empowering brands through reliable technology and exceptional support. Givex's integrated end-to-end management solution provides Gift Cards, GivexPOS, Loyalty Programs and more, creating growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes and industries. Learn more about how to streamline workflows, tackle complex challenges and transform data into actionable insights at www.givex.com.
Non-IFRS Measures and Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures
The information presented includes certain financial measures such as "Adjusted EBITDA" (see below for definition), which are not recognized measures under IFRS and do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of our results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS. These non-IFRS measures are used to provide investors with supplemental measures of our operating performance and thus highlight trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. We also believe that securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of issuers. Our management also uses non-IFRS measures to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period, to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts and to determine components of management compensation.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, estimates and assumptions that we considered appropriate and reasonable as of the date such statements are made, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to, the risk factors described under the "Risk Factors" section in the Annual Information Form (AIF) dated March 21, 2023, available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and other filings with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, prospective investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information, which speaks only as of the date made. See "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information" in the Filing Statement.
Additional Notes
*ARR is defined as Annual Recurring Revenue, which is both recurring and reoccurring revenue.
**TTM is trailing twelve months from the defined period.
***Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net profit (loss) excluding interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") as adjusted for share-based compensation and related expenses, foreign exchange gains and losses and transaction-related expenses including those related to going public and acquisitions.
****Gross transaction volume ("GTV") means the total dollar value of stored and point-of-sale ("POS") transactions processed through our cloud-based SaaS platforms in the period, net of refunds, inclusive of shipping and handling, duty, and value-added taxes. We believe GTV is an indicator of the success of our customers and the strength of our platforms. GTV does not represent revenue earned by us.
*****POS gross transactional volume ("POS GTV") means the total dollar value point-of-sale ("POS") transactions processed through GivexPOS, our cloud-based POS SaaS platform, in the period net of refunds, inclusive of shipping and handling, duty and value-added taxes. We believe POS GTV is an indicator of the success of our customers and the strength of our platforms. POS GTV does not represent revenue earned by us.
******Customer Location means a billing customer location for which the term of services has not ended, or with which we are negotiating a renewal contract. It includes both merchant locations that have transactions processed through our cloud-based SaaS platform, as well as merchant locations not on our platform but for which we provide other Givex services. A single unique customer can have multiple Customer Locations including physical and eCommerce sites. We believe that our ability to increase the number of Customer Locations served by our platform and products is an indicator of our success in terms of market penetration and growth of our business.
*******Employee Compensation as a % of Gross Profit means the total employee compensation for a period divided by the gross profit for the same period. Employee Compensation means total employee compensation including salaries and benefits, excluding both government assistance and share-based compensation. Gross Profit means revenue less direct cost of revenue.
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ATLANTA, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aaron's Company, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) today released its second quarter 2023 financial results. Complete financial results are available at investor.aarons.com. Highlights of those results are included below and in the attached supplement.
Second Quarter 2023 Consolidated Results1:
- Revenues were $530.4 million, a decrease of 13.1%
- Net earnings were $6.5 million, an increase of 222.0%; Non-GAAP net earnings2 were $12.2 million, a decrease of 50.6%
- Adjusted EBITDA2,3 was $42.4 million, a decrease of 17.0%
- Diluted EPS was $0.21; Non-GAAP diluted EPS2 was $0.39
- Write-offs were 5.4% in the Aaron's Business, an improvement of 30 basis points
- Reduced debt $36.1 million in the quarter and $124.3 million since the prior year quarter-end
- Updates 2023 full year outlook; lowers revenues, maintains adjusted EBITDA, and increases adjusted free cash flow
Second Quarter 2023 Key Items:
The Aaron's Company
- Earnings were ahead of internal expectations largely due to ongoing expense controls, despite lower revenues in both business segments
- Ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $38.4 million and debt of $186.1 million, resulting in a net debt2 reduction of $30.2 million in the quarter primarily due to strong cash provided by operating activities
Aaron's Business
- Earnings before income taxes were $30.8 million; adjusted EBITDA was $49.5 million, which exceeded internal expectations and increased 3.0% as compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to lower total operating expenses and lower write-offs
- Personnel and other operating expenses benefited from cost optimization initiatives and ongoing investments in technology platforms and marketing analytics
- Ended the quarter with 230 GenNext stores, 101 hubs, and 101 showrooms
- GenNext stores accounted for approximately 29% of lease revenues & fees and retail sales
- E-commerce revenues increased 5.5% as compared to the prior year quarter and represented 17.9% of lease revenues
BrandsMart
- Earnings before income taxes were $1.1 million; adjusted EBITDA was $4.5 million, which exceeded internal expectations despite lower revenues due to continued pressure on customer demand
- Began construction on first new BrandsMart store planned to open in Augusta, GA in Q4 2023
The Company will host an earnings conference call tomorrow, August 1, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET. Chief Executive Officer Douglas A. Lindsay will host the call along with President Steve Olsen and Chief Financial Officer C. Kelly Wall. A live audio webcast of the conference call and presentation slides may be accessed at investor.aarons.com and the hosting website at https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/457512107. A transcript of the webcast will also be available at investor.aarons.com.
About The Aaron's Company, Inc.
Headquartered in Atlanta, The Aaron's Company, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) is a leading, technology-enabled, omnichannel provider of lease-to-own and retail purchase solutions of appliances, electronics, furniture, and other home goods across its brands: Aaron's, BrandsMart U.S.A., BrandsMart Leasing, and Woodhaven. Aaron's offers a direct-to-consumer lease-to-own solution through its approximately 1,260 Company-operated and franchised stores in 47 states and Canada, as well as its e-commerce platform. BrandsMart U.S.A. is one of the leading appliance retailers in the country with ten retail stores in Florida and Georgia, as well as its e-commerce platform. BrandsMart Leasing offers lease-to-own solutions to customers of BrandsMart U.S.A. Woodhaven is the Company's furniture manufacturing division. For more information, visit investor.aarons.com, aarons.com, and brandsmartusa.com.
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